Posted Sep 14, 2012, 6:08 PM
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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/0..._of_queens.php
Flushing Sports Arenas: the Barclays Center of Queens?
September 13, 2012
by Jessica Dailey
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It's a familiar story: local residents are speaking out against a plan to bring a new sports arena to their neighborhood. But instead of the middle of Brooklyn, this is the biggest park in Queens. And instead of one NBA arena, it's two sports arenas. The projects, an 8,000-seat U.S. Tennis Association stadium and a 25,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium, are separate, but they are both located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park near Citi Field. Add to that the 1-million-square-foot Willets Point retail mall, and you have a plan that's drawing more and more opposition, reports the Journal. Community groups and City Council member Julissa Ferreras say that the proposals are taking away green park space without considering the affects construction and increased traffic will have on the area. Bloomberg reps counter that the projects will revive the area, bringing jobs and economic activity.
All of the plans are a ways away from even breaking ground, but clearly the local fight is picking up steam. Will the people have Queens have more power than the anti-Barclays Brooklynites?
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