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The City Council voted to allow the New York City Football Club to build facilities for its team in Willets Point, Queens, across from Citi Field.
By David Waldstein
The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly Thursday to build a privately funded, 25,000-seat football stadium in Willets Point, Queens, to make room for the New York City Football Club.
The vote brought the task closer to the finishing touch compared to all proposals beyond the past decade, adding genuine hope among supporters that the task can be learned this time around.
The proposed stadium would be built off Seaver Way from Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. In the recently approved redevelopment phase, the site would feature around 1,400 “permanent housing” complexes (in addition to the 1,100 housing complexes already under construction). construction), a hotel and 80,000 square feet of advertising space, according to a law passed Thursday. It would also have 2. 8 acres of open area available to the public.
Under the proposal, the city would retain the land, known for decades as the “Iron Triangle” because of its deteriorating set of auto repair facilities, and lease it to the club, through agreements with other New York stadiums.
The lease would be for 49 years and the club would have the option to make it bigger for 25 years. Initial plans estimated that the stadium would charge $780 million and open in 2027.
The city will fund nearby infrastructure, but the structure of the allocation itself would be funded through NYCFC’s majority owner, City Football Group, an investment company run by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi’s royal family, which he also controls. the powerhouse of English football, Manchester City.
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