That’s how I felt - just happy to hear any news of something going on.
Stadium Discussion
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Apparently also accessible to a number of soccer playing kids for community use?
Hunters Point/Long Island City both feature a lot of youth and community soccer pitches, so... hmm... keep an eye out for an NYCFC Soccer Initiative small-sided pitch popping up in Hunters Point or Greenpoint.
The 40k seemed really suspect to me until I remembered the world cup bid. A possibly iconic stadium in the mix changes everything.
Would be great. Early round games at ethiad bridge. Finals at met life!
Exxon has been pumping the oil out of the Greenpoint spill for decades. Their main wellhead, so to speak, is on Kingsland Ave. near Greenpoint Ave.
Fine, 25k with expansion to 40k
In all likelihood, I’d be very surprised if the World Cup in the US held matches in non-nfl stadiums.
Thank you very much.
In my Googling, I came across the below. It explains what the City of Manchester did in preparation for building that stadium. It was built on a "brownfield" site.
http://www.arupassociates.com/en/projects/commonwealthcity-manchester-stadium/
40K is a conservative number for what would be the most iconic stadium in the world. Every naysayer that refuses to go to YS because it's a baseball stadium would jump on once this palace opened. The cache alone would bring in tourists left, right, and center to catch a single match - add them to the original and new STH and 40K is really nothing.
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I think you may be overestimating the popularity of mls, especially once the glamour of a new stadium wears off. However, I could see a strategy where they build a 40k-50k stadium, and close off the upper deck for most matches, and open it up for bigger matches. So maybe have 25k seats in the lower and mid bowls, and another 15-20k available in an upper bowl
It's not the popularity of MLS, it's the cool-fcking stadium that soccer crazed fans want to see. People don't have to be Barcelona fans to want to catch a match at Camp Nou, but soccer fans/tourists flock to it if given the chance. The Prince Bridge Arena would be crazy hot to tourists - I mean, they travel to Bkln to wait in line for pizza and the NYC skyline, they sure as hell will buy a $35 upper level ticket to watch soccer and the view of NYC.
and don't discount my soothsaying - I wrote about the spanning stadium in 2015. I got mad street cred now.
