Stadium Discussion
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The soccer field in question.
I mean, it's larger than our current pitch soooooo
Says the city has already spent $287M to buy land and clean it if the remains of hazardous materials. I wonder if that’s simply removing surplus drums/tanks from the lots or doing genuine remediation of the site??? If the site’s already been legitimately “cleaned” then it moves the timetable forward and cuts out a horrendous scope item that is typically lengthy and costly.
I noticed the same thing and had the same thought about the timetable. I'm dubious though. I drove around there a few months ago. Hardly anything has been razed, and there are tons of businesses around that seem like they most certainly contribute to the brownfields situation. I find it just so hard to imagine it's all been cleaned up, or even substantially done.
So maybe $286.99M to buy land and $0.01M to haul away some cans of oil?
Stuyvesant Town has about 11k apartments on 60 acres so putting 1,100 on 6 acres doesn't sound crazy, especially if you're putting in high rises.
I'm not a city planner so who knows if it's possible.
This seems like such a pipe dream. To expect NYCFC to end up in Willets East / Iron Triangle just seems so far fetched.
They already have title to much of the Iron Triangle - I think much of it was acquired via eminent domain, and sure, "just compensation" and all, but it can't be THAT much.
Schools can be the lower 3-5 floors of a building; that seems to be the new trend in the city. Unless they’re planning big-box retail, then retail should be the bottom floor of every building, just like in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
KEY PORTION
Notably not part of the plan: the mall. Instead of pursuing remnants of the old plan, the de Blasio administration will convene a task force with Melinda Katz, the Queens borough president, and Francisco Moya, the local City Council member, to fashion a framework for developing the remaining 17 acres at the site, which is also known as the Iron Triangle.
Both Moya and Katz are proponents of a soccer stadium. Yankee Stadium is smaller than 17 acres.
Notably not part of the plan: the mall. Instead of pursuing remnants of the old plan, the de Blasio administration will convene a task force with Melinda Katz, the Queens borough president, and Francisco Moya, the local City Council member, to fashion a framework for developing the remaining 17 acres at the site, which is also known as the Iron Triangle.
Both Moya and Katz are proponents of a soccer stadium. Yankee Stadium is smaller than 17 acres.
And Patricof has stated multiple times (to me) that they are looking for 10-12 acres.
So 11 acres for a stadium and 6 acres for everything else the city wants...
Use Mets parking lots and walk over a cool bridge or something to the stadium...
Iron Triangle sounds pretty cool for a stadium nickname. The "I Tri".
