USL is more affordable when dollars are going towards stadium construction. There isn’t an arms race pegged to teams like ATL/LAFC/TOR so QFC can spend lower amounts and still be competitive/winners. Winning solidifies fan base. Once stadium is built enabling revenue streams while capital construction costs drop, budget gets redirected to MLS entry and roster.
USL teams also can't make decent use of 15,000 seat stadiums.
Even in the context of the stadium thread, that’s pretty far fetched
I posted above that the stadium would sell out.
Good is relative. Being a tenant wouldn’t guarantee anything. If favorable terms could not be agreed to, NYCFC could find themselves in the same position they’re in now - averaging 15k (at best if maxed out), paying rent every match. Would be surprised if they got to keep all of the parking/concessions receipts - the landlord could easily take part. So while they may not get fleeced as badly as the Yankees are hitting them, having a capped attendance can’t offset the rent the same way a new, larger stadium with a 25k capacity could toward game-day revenue. And is a maxed-out level of stadium revenue really what the team needs when thinking long term if the CFG plan is for theclub to be mostly self-sufficient - there’s no grand TV deal yet to fall back on.
Cyclones and SI Yankees have shitty locations and compete against two MLB teams with their own palaces.
Wasn’t talking about the fans - it’s be a bad deal for NYCFC if CFG has mandated they need to be self sufficient. 15k/ game won’t cut it while paying rent, and there’s no guarantee they’d get 15k considering the numbers keep dwindling.
Does any article say that the USL team would own the stadium? DV and the developers are separate entities.
Very true, good catch!
Maybe the “site” (ie the city and borough) didn’t want NYCFC and even though CFG investigated WP, they were told not interested or not allowed to build. We’ve heard from Patricof that the team looked at more than 20 someodd locations (mentioned that at the round table I went to), so the club tried to vette the entire city. If NYCFC had a shot at WP, and it was a guaranteed build while these others have been smoke but no fire, then they’d have taken it, and yet here we are with a USL team about to get it. So either they’re building at the garage, or the city told them to take a hike. Neither would surprise me. I could definitely see factions in the city being against CFG for multiple reasons, for not wanting to play ball right away on affordable housing, antagonized somebody with their lobbying efforts, ethically against the ownership, or just BdB being stubborn BdB.
