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Stadium at Willets Point? Queens Borough President says announcement is coming
In a live webinar the politician stated that with “the redevelopment of Willets Point” that “we’re going to have some announcements going on with...New York [City] Football Club”



By AndrewLeigh
November 7, 2022


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Could New York City FC’s existence-long search for a permanent home be close to an end? Teasing comments made by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards make it seem like an announcement of a soccer specific stadium for NYCFC at Willets Point is imminent.

While speaking earlier today in a webinar titled “The Future of New York: The Economic Impact of Queens,” Richards was asked about what he envisions Queens looking like in 10 years time. The Borough President replied, “If you like soccer, the redevelopment of Willets Point...we’re going to have some announcements on with New York [City] Football Club.”

This comes not long after City Football Group CEO Ferran Soriano similarly hinted at an approaching announcement of NYCFC stadium plans, so we might truly be entering “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” territory as it pertains to a stadium announcement.
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Stadium at Willets Point? Queens Borough President says announcement is coming
In a live webinar the politician stated that with “the redevelopment of Willets Point” that “we’re going to have some announcements going on with...New York [City] Football Club”



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Finally fantastic news!!! NYC and the NYCFC deserve a soccer stadium in NYC!
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Old Posted Nov 16, 2022, 5:49 AM
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New York City Reaches Deal to Build Soccer Stadium in Queens
The New York City Football Club will pay roughly $780 million to build the stadium in Willets Point in Queens as part of a project that will include housing and a hotel.



By Dana Rubinstein and Ken Belson
Nov. 15, 2022


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The 25,000-seat stadium for the New York City Football Club is slated to rise on city land by 2027 in the Willets Point neighborhood of Queens, across the street from the right field foul pole of Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets, Mayor Eric Adams and the soccer team’s officials confirmed on Tuesday.

The stadium would be the first significant major-league sports venue to be built in the city since 2012, and is set to be the focal point of a 23-acre project that includes a 250-room hotel and 2,500 units of housing. Officials say the project would be the city’s largest development of entirely affordable housing since the Mitchell-Lama developments of the 1970s.

The deal represents Mayor Eric Adams’s most ambitious economic development initiative and comes as he is about to complete his first year in office. It also spells the end of two sagas: the team’s decade-long search for a dedicated soccer stadium and an even longer conundrum about the future of Willets Point, a once thriving conglomeration of auto body shops.
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”Queens, which is the world’s borough, now will become the home of soccer, which is the world’s sport,” Maria Torres-Springer, the deputy mayor for economic and workforce development, said in an interview on Tuesday.

Unlike many stadium deals, including one for the Buffalo Bills negotiated this year by Gov. Kathy Hochul that included nearly $900 million in public funds, city officials said subsidies for this project are largely limited to infrastructure improvements at the site and property tax breaks for the stadium.

The soccer team will pay for the entire construction of the stadium, which is estimated to cost $780 million, city officials said. Neither tax-exempt bond financing nor direct city capital infusions will be used, according to Andrew Kimball, the president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. The developers are not getting abatements on mortgage recording or sales taxes, he said. But the stadium owners will not have to pay real estate taxes for the duration of the lease.
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New York City owns the land on which the stadium and housing will be built, and will lease it to the football club and to a development team that includes Hudson Yards developer Related Companies and Sterling Equities, the development company partially controlled by the Wilpon family, the former owner of the Mets.

… The team considered nearly 20 locations around the city. Some were floated and then dropped, including land along the Hudson River near Greenwich Village and Baker Field, which is owned by Columbia University, because of complaints by neighbors, costs and other issues.
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To build a bigger following in Queens, the team will play some of its games in Citi Field until the new stadium opens.

“It’s pretty much of a fantasy,” said Marty Edelman, the football club’s vice chairman. “We’ve been an itinerant tenant in a number of different spaces. I think our fans need a different GPS every week to figure out where they go to watch us play.”


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Congrats NY! I went to the Atlanta United game at Yankee Stadium in July and it was the worst away venue I've been to. Seems great for baseball but was awful for soccer.
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Congrats NY! I went to the Atlanta United game at Yankee Stadium in July and it was the worst away venue I've been to. Seems great for baseball but was awful for soccer.
That was only temporary while they searched for a new home. The deal near Yankee Stadium fell apart. The team is co-owned by the Yankees.



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This seems like a great way to finally redevelop the area to the east of Citi Field. Having another event space right next to Citi Field could even help attracting concerts like the Governors Ball.
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I still have mixed feelings about the MLS stadium going to Willets Point. On one hand it probably does make sense to congregate sports facilities together like this at WP/FMCP to activate the area as much as possible but I still feel like the FC stadium was better suited for the South Bronx next to the Yankees or even the Columbia U field at the tip of Manhattan they pondered for a bit as they would be closer to most fans as well as arguably closer to the core of the soccer fan base in the metro and arguably better transit than putting even more strain on the (7) hauling people out to Flushing.

And I almost forgot to mention that it appears the stadium will prevent a large chunk of the new housing at WP from happening, which has been part of the plans since the beginning.
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I still have mixed feelings about the MLS stadium going to Willets Point. On one hand it probably does make sense to congregate sports facilities together like this at WP/FMCP to activate the area as much as possible but I still feel like the FC stadium was better suited for the South Bronx next to the Yankees or even the Columbia U field at the tip of Manhattan they pondered for a bit as they would be closer to most fans as well as arguably closer to the core of the soccer fan base in the metro and arguably better transit than putting even more strain on the (7) hauling people out to Flushing.

And I almost forgot to mention that it appears the stadium will prevent a large chunk of the new housing at WP from happening, which has been part of the plans since the beginning.
What would help to alleviate traffic on the 7 is the Triboro combined with a subway line connecting the N/W at Astoria-Ditmars, LaGuardia, and Willets Point.

It would be great if the city could somehow work out a proposal to consolidate some of that surface parking surrounding Citi Field into a garage or two and then redevelop the lots with more residential. That, or move the convention center to Lot A so that more of Willets Point can be devoted to residential.
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And I almost forgot to mention that it appears the stadium will prevent a large chunk of the new housing at WP from happening, which has been part of the plans since the beginning.

I thought about the housing as well, but I haven’t looked at the numbers to see if it’s to be made up somewhere else. The first phase is just part of the overall Willets Point redevelopment.
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Queens soccer stadium, Astoria project on different paths to score goals


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well i’d rather this was all housing and affordable housing as it was supposed to be, but i guess they do need a soccer stadium to build up the fanbase these days.

obviously this land is ready to go but ideally it would be better in the bronx either on far eastern 149st waterfront or on the west side bronx waterfront by yankee stadium on the harlem river below jerome/macombs.
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I am very happy for this new stadium, but I am sorry for these 2 situations:
1) Why 2027?
2) Why only 25.000 seats? I wish AT LEAST 1,000 more than NJ stadium...
And I have also a curiosity: why $780 million for a small stadium?
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I think considering the market this metro could easily justify a third MLS team. Maybe we could see the Red Bulls move to that Inwood site or the South Bronx or an expansion team doing so and if not MLS, USCL instead. Bronx Boogie FC or Bronx Boots FC has a nice ring to it.
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I think considering the market this metro could easily justify a third MLS team. Maybe we could see the Red Bulls move to that Inwood site or the South Bronx or an expansion team doing so and if not MLS, USCL instead. Bronx Boogie FC or Bronx Boots FC has a nice ring to it.
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so … mini elephant in the room, but what is to happen with the usl league queensboro fc team and new stadium in jamaica at york college?

work on the new stadium was supposed to start this summer, is that underway?

anybody know??
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Addabbo To New York Jets: Come Back To Queens


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November 30, 2022


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Sen. Joe Addabbo wants the Jets back in New York, specifically in Willets Point, Queens.

Addabbo, chair of the NY Senate’s racing, gaming and wagering committee, realizes it is a far-fetched idea at this juncture.

However, with NYCFC set to build a 25,000-seat stadium in Willets Point that could open in 2027, Addabbo wants officials thinking bigger.

He wants them thinking about a 70,000- to 80,000-seat stadium in Queens for Gang Green. The area also could include a casino and an increased presence for NY sports betting.
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The 61-acre development project in Willets Point is set to include the soccer stadium, 2,500 affordable housing units, and a hotel.

Is there room for a football stadium as well? Infrastructure and traffic patterns would have to be addressed, especially with nearby Citi Field and a potential casino project next.

“I don’t know if that’s the hurdle you can’t overcome to realize the revenue and jobs that would come with bringing the Jets back,” Addabbo said. “The Jets coming back to New York would be monumental.”
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Addabbo, who also wants to push an online casino bill for the 2023 legislative session, also wants to have a discussion about the Jets coming back to the Big Apple.

“If you’re building a stadium — and I know it’s only 25,000 seats — but if you’ve got that kind of incentive to build a stadium, if the opportunity is there with the land and the expiring leases, we can connect the dots, why miss this opportunity?” Addabbo said.

“They’d have their own stadium, a newer, more technologically-advanced stadium, with all-new amenities and everything. To go into a brand-new stadium as the New York Jets and the marketing behind it, that just blows it out of the water.
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The Jets played at Shea Stadium from 1964-83 before moving to East Rutherford, NJ in 1984.

They currently share 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium with the Giants. However, the Jets (or Giants) can opt out of the 25-year stadium lease in 2025 if they give the state of New Jersey 12 months notice.
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Mets and Jets side by side. I can get behind that.

Three might be a crowd though. Ideally a Jets stadium should be the project this Willets Point redevelopment is anchored around and the soccer stadium should have gone next to Yankee Stadium, but spilled milk under the bridge...
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Brad Sims: NYCFC will be the undisputed flagship team of MLS
The President and CEO of NYCFC talks about building a Cathedral of Soccer in Queens and what it will take to turn New York City in to a Big Club. Plus: Long-term plans for a new training campus, a stadium for NYCFC II, and a women’s team



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Brad Sims on where NYCFC fits in the world of professional sports in New York City, and where soccer fits in the United States:

It’s the age-old question just about soccer in this country. How do we raise its profile? It’s not just NYCFC. How do we collectively raise the profile of the sport in this country? To me, it’s long-term, aspirational. We have a mission statement at the club here, it’s to build New York City into one of the soccer capitals of the world.

It’s not going to happen next year. It’s aspirational. I have introduced something that’s more of a short-term goal of the club that I think is very reasonable and attainable, and that’s to build NYCFC into the undisputed flagship team of Major League Soccer.

On building a stadium that will be a Cathedral of Soccer:

I think the stadium we build in New York City, within the Five Boroughs of New York City in Queens, is going to be a destination spot for the biggest clubs in over the world. When they come to the US they want to play in New York, and they want to play in a proper stadium. They can play in an NFL stadium, or in a baseball stadium, but if they want to play in a proper stadium, if you’re Barcelona, you’re Madrid, you’re Juventus, you’re Bayern, you’re Man City, and you want to play in a real soccer stadium in New York City, you’re going to want to play in our stadium. US Men’s National Team, US Women’s National Team, friendlies, competitive games, World Cup Qualifying, all of those kinds of games, we think we’re going to be the biggest and most attractive market.

That helps build New York City into one of the soccer capitals of the world by having a Cathedral of Soccer in the Five Boroughs.

On NYCFC becoming a Big Club:

The difference between owning and running your own facility and being a tenant – and this is from spending 15-plus years in the NBA – is night and day. There’s a difference with the control of the revenues, the ability to sell sponsorships, the food and beverage. It’s mostly revenue. We will be paying rent to the City, instead of to the Yankees or the Mets, and we’ll take on a lot more operational components in-house, but the revenues are drastic. Drastic.

That’s one piece of how you make a club big, you have a home.

You get one chance to launch a club, and you get one or maybe two chances over a long period of time to launch a building. It’s a chance for almost a rebrand, a relaunch of the entire franchise, who we are, what we’re about.

There are things we’ll be able to do in the news stadium that we can’t do now. Like fan rituals, pre-game things that we aren’t allowed to do, or we don’t have the space to set up. The fan experience will be so much better. Fans, I think, will be excited about coming to a Cathedral of Soccer in the Five Boroughs in New York City.

The draw right now to come to our games is to watch soccer. The draw at the new stadium will be going to be great soccer and having an unimagined and unrivaled fan experience in a Cathedral of Soccer in the City.

We’re looking at a capacity of 25,000, and so we’re expecting it to be jam-packed. How does that make us a Big Club? I don’t think it’s how many fans you have there, it’s what you feel when you’re there.
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On building a new training campus for NYCFC, a stadium for NYCFC II, and launching a women’s team:

Obviously, building the stadium in Queens is priority number one, two, three, four. We have a process to go through. We’re not formally approved as everyone knows. We have a 12-18 month process, we’re looking forward to meaningful dialogues with community leaders, community boards, borough boards, and we’re so fortunate to have such great support from Mayor Adams, and Councilmember Moya, and Borough President Richards, and the list goes on and on.

But that’s not the only building we want to do, the only growing we want to do as a club. We talk about how we haven’t had a home for our first team, but we also have a second team that started to play last year in MLS NEXT Pro and we feel like we have a temporary home at St John’s – we have great partners at St John’s, we love the relationship we have there. There’s also the current home of our Academy.

We endeavor to have a campus where you can have a First Team, a Second Team, and an Academy all under the same roof. I won’t put a timeline on it because first and foremost is the stadium approval and moving forward with that, but something I think we need to elevate the club to the next level is having the right facilities from a player development standpoint.
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