Stadium Discussion
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That'd be cool. Etihad Airways flyover Etihad Pitch at Etihad Stadium brought to you by New York PresbyEtihad Hospital with Etihad confetti brought to you by Wix.com. Build your website now at Wix.com.
The roof is about the noise and the weather. Roof keeps the noise in and adds to the experience. It also keeps the good and bad elements out weatherwise. A pitch below ground, similar to what you see at Camden Yards in Baltimore, only adds to the amplification of sounds.
It's already loud enough at Ashe with the roof. But before the roof some players would try to serve as a plane flew overhead to get an advantage.
No. Plan is to keep First Team Training in Rockland for a while.
Question would be, where is the Academy going?
If I remember correctly from one of the NYCFC House Chalk Talks the Academy Director said, ideally, that the academy would be located in Queens somewhere since it's central to where most of the academy players come from.
Well, a "while" could mean until 2022-23, whenever the stadium would open.
https://ny.curbed.com/platform/amp/...&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true
"...the de Blasio administration is prioritizing the construction of affordable housing before anything else."
Hopefully this is just one writer's opinion because if we have to wait for housing to be built before a stadium is constructed, we're going to be waiting until 2022 before a shovel goes in the ground.
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News piece on NY1:
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...-drops-shopping-mall--adds-affordable-housing
"...the de Blasio administration is prioritizing the construction of affordable housing before anything else."
Hopefully this is just one writer's opinion because if we have to wait for housing to be built before a stadium is constructed, we're going to be waiting until 2022 before a shovel goes in the ground.
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News piece on NY1:
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...-drops-shopping-mall--adds-affordable-housing
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Oh my, the suspense.
But actually? An Etihad plane low over the stadium during warmups with GO NYCFC written under the wings would be awesome.
I will never understand why they don't just extend the existing JFK AirTrain north along the Van Wyck and Grand Central. The two airports would be linked together.
The short version is this-
1. A Port Authority ridership study revealed there is not enough traffic to justify connecting the airtrains (we’re all free to disagree with this data, but that’s what’s they said.)
2. AirTrain is funded primarily by Passenger Facility Charges- part of the taxes you pay each time you book a flight. These fees are meant to benefit only the airport they came from. If fees from JFK or LGA are used to benefit passengers at the other airport, it gets messy.
Re: airport noise, the runway configurations depend on wind conditions, with JFK pretty much calling the shots and everyone else around them adapting to make it work. One of the departure procedures at LGA is actually called the “Tennis 6” and involves a sharp turn after takeoff to try and avoid overflying Flushing Meadows Park.
There’s is a 1500 nautical mile “perimeter rule” that restricts LGA flights to that distance, except on Saturdays and flights to Denver that were grandfathered in. Among the longer flights are Houston and Dallas, not exactly “regional”.
The Canadian flights (Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa) are able to operate because of preclearance facilities at those airports.
Is that 1500 rule because it limits the size of the plane thus having less mass to slow down/stop on their short runways?
Nope. It was enacted when JFK opened to force airlines and travelers to go there instead of LGA.
NY1 Story on the development deal and next phase. Nothing new and no mention of soccer.
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...s-shopping-mall--adds-affordable-housing.html
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...s-shopping-mall--adds-affordable-housing.html
