Stadium Discussion

[FootyLovin]

Holy crap! Spent a day away and missed 7 pages blowing up on this thread. So let me see if I've got this right. New speculated site:

• Covers no park land
• Is zoned non-residential so can't take away from affordable housing
• Is far from residences so limits/eliminates the NIMBY crowd
• Has LIE, BQE, LIRR and subway access (and potentially future Brooklyn/Queens trolly)
• Can deliver (with a horseshoe construction) open views of midtown/ESB from the stands
• Provides revenue to the city/state from air lease above tracks
• Has water access for potential ferry service
• Has already been scoped out by at least one forum canine

What am I missing? Does this post count as an official announcement? I feel official. I used bullet points and everything.

 

[mgarbowski]

Holy crap! Spent a day away and missed 7 pages blowing up on this thread. So let me see if I've got this right. New speculated site:

• Covers no park land
• Is zoned non-residential so can't take away from affordable housing
• Is far from residences so limits/eliminates the NIMBY crowd
• Has LIE, BQE, LIRR and subway access (and potentially future Brooklyn/Queens trolly)
• Can deliver (with a horseshoe construction) open views of midtown/ESB from the stands
• Provides revenue to the city/state from air lease above tracks
• Has water access for potential ferry service
• Has already been scoped out by at least one forum canine

What am I missing? Does this post count as an official announcement? I feel official. I used bullet points and everything.

Expect a press conference tomorrow. I heard Dante De Basio is coming in from New Haven.

 

[ktdNYCFC]

Not saying I expect this or anything, but how amazing would I be if (once we do have a solid plan) they announced it first to the home crowd at YS? This Sunday is obviously too soon, but maybe the last home game this year. The rest of the world will only be so interested, but imagine the response from a sold out home game when Reyna gets on a mic at mid field and says we have a new home?

 

[Gotham Gator]

Assuming this is the site the Club is targeting, there is probably a lot still to come before any announcement. They have to at least have an option for the extra space needed for a stadium. They will need to have come to some preliminary agreement with the City. I am sure some early renderings as well. Lots of wood still to chop.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Interesting article from this morning on the waterway that runs by the possible site.

In 2007, LaGuardia Community College biology professor Dr. Sarah Durand was taking water samples off of a set of steps that lead down into Newtown Creek, when she saw something surprising.

The demands of urban life and industrialization had transformed the once vibrant salt marsh into a polluted channel, toxic enough to be designated as a Superfund site in 2009.

But there, in the partially submerged places along the steps, Durand saw something moving. Tiny planktonic creatures had floated in off the East River and settled in the shallow sediment.

To Durand, that observation was a revelation. The creek — regularly referred to as a "dead waterway" — was able to support life.​

http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-life-.../?hootPostID=13647747317389636ac2eee08f9f8d91

 

[mgarbowski]

I'm cautiously optimistic that this is a thing, but also think it's far from done. My guess is the team partnered with Atlas, not just for Atlas to be a front, but because they had an opportunity to buy an awesome property that, by itself, can't possibly work. So my supposition is that Atlas buys it, maybe with CFG financing, and surely with CFG having an option to buy. If they can buy the necessary adjacent property or properties, and then get the government clearances, they exercise the option and make an announcement. If not, Atlas keeps the property and pockets the option fee that CFG paid as a subsidy for having gone in on this endeavor.

ETA Gotham Gator wrote something very similar 2 posts above beating me by minutes.

 

[Vallos]

For those interested in Ferry Service.

http://eastriverferry.com/East34thSt-Midtown/

I'm considering using this for weekday games as commuting from Jersey after work would be very time consuming. If only there was a parking lot at the 34th street port as they do at the Hunter's Point location ($5 per day).

 

[Rimil]

Interesting article from this morning on the waterway that runs by the possible site.

In 2007, LaGuardia Community College biology professor Dr. Sarah Durand was taking water samples off of a set of steps that lead down into Newtown Creek, when she saw something surprising.

The demands of urban life and industrialization had transformed the once vibrant salt marsh into a polluted channel, toxic enough to be designated as a Superfund site in 2009.

But there, in the partially submerged places along the steps, Durand saw something moving. Tiny planktonic creatures had floated in off the East River and settled in the shallow sediment.

To Durand, that observation was a revelation. The creek — regularly referred to as a "dead waterway" — was able to support life.​

http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-life-.../?hootPostID=13647747317389636ac2eee08f9f8d91

team mascot?

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

We had more traffic yesterday with a stadium speculation post than Sunday for the season opener.

 

[Fantazma]

We had more traffic yesterday with a stadium speculation post than Sunday for the season opener.

must of been all the "MLS journalists" that want to discredit every rumor they did not start.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

must of been all the "MLS journalists" that want to discredit every rumor they did not start.

I was pretty clear when I said on Twitter that it was speculation but someone credible did pass it along as they're not in a position to divulge publicly.

 

[Fantazma]

I was pretty clear when I said on Twitter that it was speculation but someone credible did pass it along as they're not in a position to divulge publicly.

and thats fine....but the way they reacted was more like this is the first time ever that a stadium rumor happened and starting bringing out this whole "ethics" lesson...lol come on guys its the internet at the end of the day.

 

[Goodfella]

and thats fine....but the way they reacted was more like this is the first time ever that a stadium rumor happened and starting bringing out this whole "ethics" lesson...lol come on guys its the internet at the end of the day.

they're buncha twats #JournoBlogger

 

[adam]

Just changed my vote up top to Queens. I wonder if we can knock the Bronx down a peg!

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

and thats fine....but the way they reacted was more like this is the first time ever that a stadium rumor happened and starting bringing out this whole "ethics" lesson...lol come on guys its the internet at the end of the day.

Lol this is a discussion forum and everyone is free to discuss anything. If you think a location is possible and post it people will tell you what they think. You reputation here won't come into question because it turned out to be a different location. If we had nothing to talk about then we wouldn't have a forum. If we had to all wait for official news to discuss something then it would be boring to be a fan.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

and thats fine....but the way they reacted was more like this is the first time ever that a stadium rumor happened and starting bringing out this whole "ethics" lesson...lol come on guys its the internet at the end of the day.

Plus all those guys have at one point pushed a rumor they knew was pure speculation and they'd be lying if they said different.

 

[FootyLovin]

Not saying I expect this or anything, but how amazing would I be if (once we do have a solid plan) they announced it first to the home crowd at YS? This Sunday is obviously too soon, but maybe the last home game this year. The rest of the world will only be so interested, but imagine the response from a sold out home game when Reyna gets on a mic at mid field and says we have a new home?

Confirmed! Announcement this Sunday during the game.

They will need to have come to some preliminary agreement with the City. I am sure some early renderings as well.

Confirmed! Renderings on the jumbo-tron at halftime.

 

[SFphoto]

Living in Brooklyn, I've been hoping we wouldn't end up in Queens. If Queens is still a possibility, though, this is probably about as good as it will get.

It's 1-2 stops from midtown, so weeknight games are easy. The MTA should have enough data/experience from Mets games to be able to scale up service adequately.

I'm a little worried about getting home after games in a timely manner, but I don't share SFphoto's enthusiasm for/confidence in the G. If the MTA does actually play ball and adjust service, it probably won't be too bad to get into midtown and catch a Brooklyn bound train.

My problem with the G hasn't been the service itself, but the fact that it runs a shortened train. That would be a big problem leaving a stadium.

 

[ALICE112989]

My problem with the G hasn't been the service itself, but the fact that it runs a shortened train. That would be a big problem leaving a stadium.

There has a been a push for them to add more cars to the G train, maybe this would help! The short G trains are the only reason I opt for the B62 bus every morning.

 

[Fantazma]

My problem with the G hasn't been the service itself, but the fact that it runs a shortened train. That would be a big problem leaving a stadium.

is there a reason for that? are the stations smaller for the G?