Ignore if the ESPN link was posted, but my Red Bulls colleague just forwarded it to me with a heckle.
Sources: NYCFC moving CCL game to Red Bull Arena
NYCFC will hold the home leg of its CONCACAF Champions League encounter against AD San Carlos at Red Bull Arena, sources have told ESPN.www.espn.com
It’s completely fair. Chavez always touts his access and clairvoyance, because he wants to be seen as the predominant authority on info and leaks. They leaked it to him and he ran with it before it was sanctioned by the one entity that could actually bless it finalized. He was the first(?) to hype it and he’s the first(?) with mud on his face - sometimes it’s better to not be the conduit for others’ agendas and take a wait and see approach.
Oh I'm not disputing he's had his share of erroneous scoops.
My more likely response would have been "I agree" given that it was something along the lines of "you guys really need your own stadium."
Not sure how it is short notice? We knew since December that there'd be CCL games in February and one of them would be played home. So 2 plus months isn't enough time to prepare ?
Butler seems to think it's all but confirmed.
NYCFC's home Concacaf Champions League match to be played at Red Bull Arena | Pro Soccer USA
AD San Carlos sporting director Gustavo Perez: 'They wanted to avoid playing there because of the rivalry they have with the Red Bulls, but in the end they had no choice'www.prosoccerusa.com
nono he's saying short notice for yankee stadium
Right. St. John's stadium was nixed a day or two ago. Now we need somewhere else, and the three weeks we have left might be too soon to take Yankee Stadium out of mothballs.
nono, the other way around - they're saying for yankee stadium back in december, as to why they didn't do it then so it would not have been short notice.
Because they thought they could play it somewhere else.
They should have copied what Liverpool did last night for the Shrewsbury FA cup game and fill the place up by selling kids tickets for a buck and dirt cheap adult tickets
Liverpool is filled with people who want to go to LFC games and never get to go because of lack of supply and/or cost. LFC has its own stadium. None of those things hold true here and the stadium won’t fill up for a CCL midweek game of soccer in February at any ticket cost. And every report we have says the Yanks won’t open the joint at any price.
I'd be surprised if the club would get any proceeds from concessions for the night. They're in a really tough spot in trying to land a venue that is CONCACAF/FIFA approved so not in a good bargaining position. And the current concessions at RBA likely has no contractual obligation to anything CFG/NYCFC/Yankees related.
