This thread is always fun to come back to after a few days. I've learned so much.
I never knew about The Singer Bowl and I grew up and lived in Corona and Flushing.
Louis Armstrong is getting a retractable roof too? Ridiculous.
Building a brand new pier would be dope but also super expensive, like hundreds of millions.
I still think our best and most likely site is the Bronx site, the team had/has a plan for it already, I'm sure they've mocked up some designs we haven't seen and there would be little protest (relative to everywhere else) considering there is a stadium there already.
What's really disappointing is that the people in this thread (I love you all) seem to have more enthusiasm for building a stadium than the team does. There's so many steps to come before we can get to the point where it's a realistic possibility and I have no reason to believe they've taken any of them. From speaking to local elected officials, community boards, or even filing some of the several hundred documents they'd need with the city.
It'll be 3 years in December since the original Bronx site was shot down. 3 years with no real development. Sure, they've started working together with the city which is a great sign for the future, but no one has said anything other than a generic "we're committed to working with the city" statement.
So I'm a bit disappointed, I hope the team makes some sort of statement or at least gets the ball rolling before the end of the year. Not only do we have to acquire the land, we'd have to get clearance from all appropriate agencies, as well as demolition before we start building, even then it'll be at least 2 years from that point, maybe more.
Orlando's Stadium broke ground in 2014 and will be open in 2017.
RBA broke ground in 2006 and was opened in 2010.
PPL Park broke ground in 2008 and opened in 2010.
Even if we look at a scenario where everything is expedited and cut things down to the bare minimum amount of time we'd need: we announce purchase of the GAL site today, getting the city and community on board with the plans takes 6 months, demolition and construction takes 2 1/2 - 3 years, we're in our own stadium in time for 2020, maybe halfway through 2019.
Now realistically, add at least a year to every one of those steps and we won't see our own home until 2021-2025. Who knows, between now and then we might have a stadium big enough to host games for the 2026 World Cup.
I never knew about The Singer Bowl and I grew up and lived in Corona and Flushing.
Louis Armstrong is getting a retractable roof too? Ridiculous.
Building a brand new pier would be dope but also super expensive, like hundreds of millions.
I still think our best and most likely site is the Bronx site, the team had/has a plan for it already, I'm sure they've mocked up some designs we haven't seen and there would be little protest (relative to everywhere else) considering there is a stadium there already.
What's really disappointing is that the people in this thread (I love you all) seem to have more enthusiasm for building a stadium than the team does. There's so many steps to come before we can get to the point where it's a realistic possibility and I have no reason to believe they've taken any of them. From speaking to local elected officials, community boards, or even filing some of the several hundred documents they'd need with the city.
It'll be 3 years in December since the original Bronx site was shot down. 3 years with no real development. Sure, they've started working together with the city which is a great sign for the future, but no one has said anything other than a generic "we're committed to working with the city" statement.
So I'm a bit disappointed, I hope the team makes some sort of statement or at least gets the ball rolling before the end of the year. Not only do we have to acquire the land, we'd have to get clearance from all appropriate agencies, as well as demolition before we start building, even then it'll be at least 2 years from that point, maybe more.
Orlando's Stadium broke ground in 2014 and will be open in 2017.
RBA broke ground in 2006 and was opened in 2010.
PPL Park broke ground in 2008 and opened in 2010.
Even if we look at a scenario where everything is expedited and cut things down to the bare minimum amount of time we'd need: we announce purchase of the GAL site today, getting the city and community on board with the plans takes 6 months, demolition and construction takes 2 1/2 - 3 years, we're in our own stadium in time for 2020, maybe halfway through 2019.
Now realistically, add at least a year to every one of those steps and we won't see our own home until 2021-2025. Who knows, between now and then we might have a stadium big enough to host games for the 2026 World Cup.
