Spokane Public Schools has approved a $2.26 million contract with ALSC Architects of Spokane to build a new sports stadium.

By a unanimous vote Wednesday night, the school board approved the contract, cementing a move forward with the facility at the current Albi Stadium site in northwest Spokane.

The firm was approved last summer to design the stadium and an adjacent middle school campus. The contract formalizes that deal.

The stadium, which will be adjacent to a new middle school, is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2022. It will replace 70-year-old Albi Stadium, which will be demolished.

According to the contract, the project consists of a 5,000-seat multiuse stadium, an elevated press box structure, event lighting and 31,000 square feet of various support buildings, including a locker-room structure.

The project also includes parking lots, access roads and future playfield areas, all on a site of approximately 46 acres. The amenities are being designed so alcoholic beverages could be sold and consumed within the stadium or in designated areas at the stadium if the board elects to allow such activities for outside users.