Stadium Discussion

[FredMertz]

So im sorry if this has been asked and answered already (i feel like it probably has) but the fields that NYU and Columbia play, is the footprint too small for those to be expanded into a full sized stadium?

NYU has no fields -- they play at Gaelic Park in Riverdale, which is approximately 2 city blocks wide by 1 city block long.

Columbia plays on a small field near Baker Field in northern Manhattan. You could probably fit a stadium there if you knocked the whole thing down, but you'd have to share it with Columbia and there is no reasonable way for anyone to get there. It's even hard to get to from Manhattan. Close in distance but no way it could handle any sort of traffic.

 

[Drainyoo]

To some extent I wish they would have had a stadium site setup first, maybe just to make things a little easier going forward. Could we be looking at 2 seasons at a temp home? Even if they break ground in the next month (highly unlikely) will they have it completed in a years time? I'm hoping by the time the season starts they have and have announced a site for the stadium so we can move in for 2016.

Expect them to be in a temporary home for at least 4 years.

 

[ozgie]

I think it took Mets about 2 seasons to build Citi, I could see it done in less than 2 years, since it will be a little smaller, but don't think it could be done by the first game of 2016, maybe mid-season.

Citi field took almost three years to construct. That's from ground breaking to asses in the seats. It was unveiled months before ground breaking and designed well before that. Anything less than 2017 season is a pipe dream

 

[forfalskning]

...of course, we've seen Yankees play hardball before: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/30/n...es-cuomo-explores-idea-for-a-new-stadium.html

Hopefully, this is another attempt.

 

[ozgie]

...of course, we've seen Yankees play hardball before: http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/30/n...es-cuomo-explores-idea-for-a-new-stadium.html

Hopefully, this is another attempt.

Pun intended?

 

[thesauerchise]

I'm coming from upstate NY, so either way I'm traveling, and I fully intend to as often as possible. Bronx is great because I can take the Metro North to Yankee Stadium but anywhere in the 5 boroughs is fine.

 

[Ahab_Flanders]

I'm coming from upstate NY, so either way I'm traveling, and I fully intend to as often as possible. Bronx is great because I can take the Metro North to Yankee Stadium but anywhere in the 5 boroughs is fine.

I'm in the same boat. I'd definitely prefer the Bronx though. According to Google maps the Aqueduct is an extra half hour or so driving and an extra hour on public transport if I take the train down from Poughkeepsie. Potentially worse with traffic getting into Queens.

 

[AndreT_NY]

I posted my opinion in Facebook but I wanted to say it here as well:
To be honest. I have no animosity with the Cosmos. Even if the fans can be antagonistic at times. When our stadium is built I have no issue with them being tenants provided they make the rent. However there is no reason other then political to have them as cobuilding the stadium. If they want to give support as tenants fine. Co own the stadium? Not going to happen.

 

[413Blue]

The Third Rail said the Bronx parking site is a done deal. Has @Buckley heard anything different since he first posted that tweet (and subsequently deleted it) or are his sources still saying it's a done deal.

 

[Buckley]

The Third Rail said the Bronx parking site is a done deal. Has @Buckley heard anything different since he first posted that tweet (and subsequently deleted it) or are his sources still saying it's a done deal.

i deleted it because its not something meant for the third rail account to post were not really supposed to post breaking news and rumors but i have a friend who works at bronx da office and thats what he told me

 

[413Blue]

i deleted it because its not something meant for the third rail account to post were not really supposed to post breaking news and rumors but i have a friend who works at bronx da office and thats what he told me

So do you think these latest reports are true or just a negotiating tactic?

 

[Buckley]

So do you think these latest reports are true or just a negotiating tactic?

the latter

 

[Scott McCarthy]

Councilman Eric Ulrich is on board with the Queens plans, Senator Joe Addabbo is still hesitant and wants more details and The Rockaway representatives seem ready to get on board if the reactivation of the Rockaway Rail line is part of the deal.

 

[NYCFCFan10]

Won't surprise me if, after the stadium site is nailed down and shovels are in the dirt, they announce we'll be playing at Red Bull Arena until our stadium is complete....

 

[Ahab_Flanders]

Won't surprise me if, after the stadium site is nailed down and shovels are in the dirt, they announce we'll be playing at Red Bull Arena until our stadium is complete....

Would be a big surprise to me, at least for this first season. Why go through the whole seat selection process only to invalidate it for no apparent reason?

 

[Vinjay]

Won't surprise me if, after the stadium site is nailed down and shovels are in the dirt, they announce we'll be playing at Red Bull Arena until our stadium is complete....

It would surprise me because NYCFC don't have idiots in charge.

 

[MagnusPax]

Won't surprise me if, after the stadium site is nailed down and shovels are in the dirt, they announce we'll be playing at Red Bull Arena until our stadium is complete....

Thats not going to happen.

 

[Victors87]

Bronx is ideal. Its in some what would say New York City Proper. We know many in the boroughs refer to Manhattan as the City, there the stadium would be great. (I always pictured a stadium like Atletico;s vicente calderon in the city where the west side highway or FDR would go underneath one section of the stadium and the rest on the pier (http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/spain/madrid/madrid_vicente_calderon1.jpg)

But that seems far from happening, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens have so much waterfront for this (sorry staten island, you guys are cool you make it to Yankees and Mets game, but for the rest of folks Verazzano is too far, and majority of New Yorkers don't own cars or might get sick in the ferry)

Look at the Cosmo, they are out in Long Island, they can't even get a large fan base there. (South Bronx, is the closest space where negotiations are happening, and cheaper I think than either Queens or Brooklyn waterfront views) We know that Brooklyn waterfront will be hard, as you've noticed they even try putting a new apartments development with low income, and got rejected by community. Queens waterfront would be good, but LIC is getting pricier.

Randall's Island would be great, but lacks the necessary public transportation (subways).

NYCFC shouldn't share stadium with NYRB, even though its a nice stadium. The stadium's top priority should be that its built near public transportation (that spot in south bronx has 6 trains that go there (Eastside of Manhattan - 4 ,5, West Side 2, ,D, B and Metro North. Ideal for commuters.)

This new site in Queen's is inconvenient for us that only have one train to get there, and the idea of riding a bus to it is ridiculous as driving during rush hour there.

 

[einwindir]

Not true. I learned on this board that to be a true fan, you need to: Sit in the supporter's section, have season tickets and go to every game and, most importantly, don't ever be critical of the team.

Where'd you get that from?

 

[Drainyoo]

Won't surprise me if, after the stadium site is nailed down and shovels are in the dirt, they announce we'll be playing at Red Bull Arena until our stadium is complete....

I'd wager that will never happen. It's like the Yanks playing in Fenway for home games. RB are our rivals.