Major League Cricket (MLC) that is set for a 2023 launch, will team up with the Knight Riders Group — principal owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders, as well as one of MLC’s lead investing partners — for plans to construct a 10,000 capacity cricket stadium in Southern California.
The new stadium is expected to cost nearly $30 million. Once approved, it will become a prime venue for the attempts to have cricket included as part of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. By extension, it will also then become the home of the Southern California franchise for Major League Cricket.
Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood icon and co-owner of the Knight Riders, said, “Our investment in MLC in America is based on our belief in the exciting future of cricket in the USA and is well aligned to our strategy of establishing Knight Riders as a global brand in T20 cricket.”
Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan, co-founders of MLC, noted, “We’re grateful to the City of Irvine for agreeing to this development in the heart of Orange County.
Great Park’s position as a hub for community recreation and its array of first-class sports facilities makes it an ideal location for the addition of a venue serving the local cricket-loving community and the broader Greater Los Angeles region with major international cricket events set to take place there.”
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
