Stadium Discussion

[Gotham Gator]

Interesting stuff. He is entirely correct that those 50 acres are a disgrace. Turning 50 acres of parkland into an asphalt covered lot that isn't used most days of the year was an abdication of basic responsibility by the state and city governments.

I like that he wants to use that space to connect the neighborhoods and provide easier waterfront access. I also like that he talks about including green space in the development. That said, I worry that these are dangling carrots meant to distract from his real interest, which is a casino.

How about this. Take 40 of those 50 acres and turn them into parkland. Then use the other 10 on parking garages. You can set the parkland up to accommodate picnics/tailgates before games and then let it be used as, you know, a park the other days of the year.

 

[Joe_Cos]

Interesting stuff. He is entirely correct that those 50 acres are a disgrace. Turning 50 acres of parkland into an asphalt covered lot that isn't used most days of the year was an abdication of basic responsibility by the state and city governments.

I like that he wants to use that space to connect the neighborhoods and provide easier waterfront access. I also like that he talks about including green space in the development. That said, I worry that these are dangling carrots meant to distract from his real interest, which is a casino.

How about this. Take 40 of those 50 acres and turn them into parkland. Then use the other 10 on parking garages. You can set the parkland up to accommodate picnics/tailgates before games and then let it be used as, you know, a park the other days of the year.

Hopefully World Resorts puts up enough fight against having 2 casinos within 8 miles each other, but then NY Gambling gives Cohen a sports book license which placates him and allows for a smaller footprint. They could actually place it in the McFaddens location, and he could have parkland and a wrigleyville within the 50 acres.

 

[Buckley]

Should build it up with housing and bars like the wrigley field area in Chicago.

It’s supposed to be

 

[Buckley]

Able to see a pretty good shot of what’s going on around Citi. Looks like there’s been a little progress!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1608110171259117568

 

[FootyLovin]

Able to see a pretty good shot of what’s going on around Citi. Looks like there’s been a little progress!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1608110171259117568

That's cool to see. Drove by on the WSE the other day. Was unapologetically giddy. My wife makes fun of me that I want to make a trip over there soon just to walk the neighborhood pre-construction.

 

[TheWritingGuyInBlue]

Why have I never seen these before?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1609585298589257728

 

[franchise646]

Nope that's new

 

[DeGrozz]

Why have I never seen these before?

CFG is very good a keeping things close to the vest.

 

[Kenny]

Yeah I remember those. I believe they were still very preliminary, early concept stuff, rather than based on any actual plans.

Fun to look at though!

 

[Kjbert]

So a mini Tottenham plus the walkout hospitality from Etihad. I like it

 

[moogoo]

at least the field view of the supporter's section is used in the new stadium announcement page.

so yea, all very preliminary but it does look nice. hope the final product is just as nice if not better and not just a boring slab of concrete.

 

[Kjbert]

at least the field view of the supporter's section is used in the new stadium announcement page.

so yea, all very preliminary but it does look nice. hope the final product is just as nice if not better and not just a boring slab of concrete.

Came back to post this. I would imagine that wasn’t an accident?

 

[moogoo]

Came back to post this. I would imagine that wasn’t an accident?

think it was more of "we have this so let's reuse it" than anything.

 

[adam]

a boring slab of concrete.

That sounds like a brick to me

 

[mgarbowski]

The "Year Round Community Activation Space" looks like a small plaza with portable tables set up under small umbrella tents and that seems like the opposite of year round.

 

[Seth]

The "Year Round Community Activation Space" looks like a small plaza with portable tables set up under small umbrella tents tents and that seems like the opposite of year round.

You really should have done more research on this. What you're looking at is the *summer* setup. I dug a little deeper and found a photo of the winter setup, so yes, year-round.

 

[Joe_Cos]

I do appreciate that the Bat still would have remained if the team built in the BX.

 

[KevinJRogers]

The very good Stuart95 on Big Soccer included this link in his daily MLS post: New York Mets’ Owner Wants Casino, Other Development, at Citi Field : CEG

Most of it is already known, but there are a couple newer things. It looks like the Jan. 7 listening session at Citi Field isn't quite a design charette, but it's a chance to weigh in. I also found the public transportation angle pretty intriguing.

Willets Point is starting to shape up as everything we were hoping for. And not for nothing, but I bet our park is going to be a knockout, too.

 

[DeGrozz]

Not sure if this one was posted, but for anyone looking to fill up their Saturday:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1610656502762668034

 

[franchise646]

So the parking lot around Citi Field, that they could trun in to another Wrigleyville.