Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce that he is onboard with plans for a 25,000-seat soccer stadium to be built near Citi Field that will be home to the New York City Football Club, sources close to the situation said.
“A deal is close, but negotiations are ongoing,” a source said.
Even with the mayor’s blessing the stadium would still need to be approved through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which is not a given, sources said.
Still, a new stadium for the reigning MLS Cup Champions could be built by 2025, a source said.
The NYCFC has been nomadic playing home games this season at Yankee Stadium, Citi Field and Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. So the prospect of a permanent home would be welcome news to their loyal fan base.
It likely also would be built in time for the 2026 World Cup which is being held in New York City and New Jersey.
Media reports a few months ago said a new stadium would most likely be built in the Bronx, but that is no longer the case, sources said.
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We the middle class can't afford this corrupt government.
...and another blade slips into the putrid rotten corpse of the flushing bay
Soccer is for communists!
Just remember that if you can't be an athlete, you can always be an athletic supporter.
How can this be a sport? It’s got no quarters, timeouts, offensive teams, defensive teams, kicking teams or sitting around teams. The players have to think for themselves without a micromanager coach. Surely it’s for communists and foreigners.
Before we see America right side up, the dirty MEDIA NEEDS TO BE CLEANSED.
The Swagger idiot and his "fuzzy" math did it again.
Yes, these are the Democrat Commisars of the politburo and proletariat.
They love taking and spending other people's money...
@Surely it’s for communists and foreigners.@
Epic fail TA commie. You getting dumber by the minute.
25,000 seat stadium for the World Cup?
What a stupid lie.
"FIFA have had strict stadium guideline requirements since at least 2001.[1] Stadiums must have a capacity of at least 40,000, stadiums hosting quarter-finals must have a minimum of 60,000 and those hosting the opening ceremony or final must have a capacity of at least 80,000.[2] In addition, stadiums must have a minimum number of television camera stands and media areas and also be free of advertising throughout the World Cup. This includes stadium names – for instance, during the 2006 World Cup, German stadiums such as Allianz Arena were renamed "FIFA World Cup Stadium – Munich" for licensing reasons.[3]
The DemOrats stealing our Parkland again with our tax money to boot ...
"It is not clear yet who would pay for the stadium, but sources said it would be privately funded. And it would be built on land leased by former Mets owners Sterling Equities and Related Companies, sources said."
You had to know that the filthy fingers of the Wilpon's were involved.
They owned the Mets and that was a real estate deal masquerading as a baseball team.
Madoff should have taken all their money.
Sheeple You're reading this as if liberal hypocrisy is something new.
This is to entertain the illegals who like soccer, not the Americans stuck with the bill. With all the problems NYC has, exacerbated by the idiot Adams' complete lack of talent for the job, spending this huge amount of money on something that most NYers could care less about is just plain stupid. Clearly it's meant as a diversion for simpler minds to take their attention off all the other massive failures
Wow its really bad with the Democrats when a pothead Mayor is scolding Joe Biden.
Eric Adams rebuts Biden, says US is in recession and Wall Street is collapsing.
If American boys play rugby football, while American girls play soccer football, what does this say for Uropeeon men who play soccer football? GOLL!
Are the Sheeple to be happy or angry with this announcement? What sayeth the Right wing think tank on this?
@Soccer is for communists!@
And you are for the cesspool TA commie activist - still paying $25 annually to your commie buddies?
@"25,000 seat stadium for the World Cup?
What a stupid lie."
Not really. It doesn't say that it would be used for a world cup game. "It likely also would be built in time for the 2026 World Cup which is being held in New York City and New Jersey."
So now the thieves around there can now steal from even more cars. That area is trash. Vibrant and diverse.
"It likely also would be built in time for the 2026 World Cup which is being held in New York City and New Jersey."
What does it have to do with "in time" for the World Cup then?
Lefties are always full of big ideas as long as they don’t have to live with their consequences.
If You voted for Swagger....its YOUR FAULT!
"Not really. It doesn't say that it would be used for a world cup game."
Is a big CRAP LIE. you don't build a 25,000 seat stadium in Queens.
Sounds more like a FEMA camp.
Queens Crap Juventus ???
Just think, you could be like this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocco_B._Commisso
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