Chicago Fire FC announces Endeavor Health as naming rights partner of club’s new Performance Center
Chicago Fire FC and Endeavor Health announced an expanded, multiyear partnership agreement, with Endeavor Health becoming the naming rights partner of the Fire’s new $100 million training facility.
Through the expanded partnership, the Fire and Endeavor Health are focused on building a top-down, fully integrated partnership centered around creating a next-level sports performance environment to support all levels of Chicago Fire soccer — from youth camps and clinics all the way up to the Chicago Fire First Team.
With an anticipated opening in January 2025, the Endeavor Health Performance Center is set to provide premier athletic training and serve as a destination for community engagement.
Located in the Roosevelt Square neighborhood on Chicago’s Near West Side, the Endeavor Health Performance Center will allow the club to attract and train top talent. The center will include five turf/grass fields, a performance space with top-of-the-line equipment, hydro pools and space for the sports medicine team to monitor First Team players’ health, performance level and injury recovery.
Chicago Fire II and Chicago Fire Academy teams also will train at the new facility, and with support from Endeavor Health, will receive top sports performance training.
“Endeavor Health has been an incredible partner to our club, and we couldn’t be more excited to further our relationship and have our new state-of-the-art facility bear their name,” said Chicago Fire FC President of Business Operations Dave Baldwin. “The Endeavor Health Performance Center will be the preeminent facility in Major League Soccer, and with Endeavor Health by our side we’ll be able to attract and train top talent with the highest performance standards, while also providing much-needed resources to our new neighbors on the Near West Side.”
The Endeavor Health Performance Center will provide employment opportunities for community members, resources for minority- and women-owned businesses, free sports programming for local youth, community green spaces, and recreational spaces for the neighborhood and surrounding area.
The health system also is the title sponsor of the Fire Pitch, Chicago’s premier indoor/outdoor community soccer facility, which serves more than 300,000 visitors each year, providing programming opportunities for youth and adult players of all skill levels.
The Fire and Endeavor Health first joined forces in 2023, when Endeavor Health became the official health system, sports medicine, and orthopedic provider of Chicago Fire FC.
Dr. Jason Koh, director of the nationally ranked Endeavor Health Orthopedic & Spine Institute, is the Fire’s chief medical officer and head team orthopedic surgeon, and Endeavor Health physicians are the club’s official team doctors.