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On April 21, 2014, it was announced that New York City FC, a Major League Soccer expansion team owned jointly by the New York Yankees and Manchester City, would play in Yankee Stadium from 2015 until their new stadium is built. [11] NYCFC played their first game at Yankee Stadium on March 15, 2015.
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Majority owned by City Football Group, New York City FC plays its home games at Yankee Stadium, which is also home to minority owner, the New York Yankees. New York City FC kicked off its inaugural MLS season in March 2015. In November 2016, construction began on New York City FC's elite First Team training facility featuring one and a half ...
The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club is co-owned by City Football Group, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi United Group, and Yankee Global Enterprises, owners of the New York Yankees.
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Prior to New York City FC being admitted into the league, Major League Soccer itself considered building a stadium in several locations around the city. These efforts continued until after the expansion, at which point NYCFC assumed responsibility for the stadium project.
In July 2022, the New York Post reported that mayor Eric Adams would approve a plan to build a stadium in Willets Point to be completed in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following the completion of the City's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). That November, the government of New York City and NYCFC came to an agreement to build a 25,000...
New York City FC will pay for the full $780 million construction cost of the stadium, while leasing the land it sits on from New York City. Public money contributions to the stadium will be limited to tax breaks and neighboring infrastructure improvements. However, the New York City Independent Budget Officehas estimated that leasing the property r...
The stadium, designed by HOK, is made to fit in a narrow, jagged footprint within the larger Willets Point Project site. It features a rectangular-shaped structure, with the southeast corner cut off by the existing Willets Point Boulevard, and the northwest corner framed to match. The club has compared it to Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, baseball ...
In May 2023, it was reported that according to the term sheet for the Willets Point Phase 1B project, Etihad Airways had been "pre-approved as the primary Stadium naming rights partner". The airline already has a jersey sponsorship with the club, and has naming rights for the stadium of NYCFC's sister club Manchester City.However, on all of the ren...
The majority of fans are expected to arrive at the stadium via public transit, particularly the Long Island Rail Road, the New York City Subway's 7 and <7> trains, and local buses. Prior to the stadium project's approval, Mets owner Steve Cohen threatened to withhold access to the Citi Field parking lots (which the Mets control) for NYCFC games, u...
In December 2023, Queens Community Board 7 voted to advance the plan to build the Willets Point stadium. The project received the recommendation of Queens borough president Donovan Richardsin January 2024, dependent upon the club's written commitment to hire local vendors and make improvements to nearby parks, among other pledges. After passing thr...
A pre-construction public hearing with the New York City Public Design Commission was held on May 20th, 2024, to finalize design elements of the stadium. The PDC conditionally approved HOK's design for the stadium, pending a heat island effectstudy, and clarifications or changes to the stadium's construction material choices, its public-access spac...
Apr 22, 2018 · Owned by Premier League club Manchester City and the New York Yankees, the team began to play at Yankee Stadium with the expectation that a soccer-only venue would be constructed somewhere in the five boroughs in the next few years.
Soccer debuted at the new Yankee Stadium – which opened in 2009 – in the summer of 2012, when Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain met in the Bronx in an international friendly.
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Mar 6, 2024 · The club’s long wait for a permanent ground of their own necessitated playing home matches across the Tri-State region at Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Red Bull Arena and even other venues as far...
