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December 4 – Later at the moment New York Metropolis FC will break floor on Etihad Park, its new 25,000 capability stadium in Willets Level, Queens, that will probably be accomplished in time for the beginning of the 2027 season.
The stadium, New York’s first soccer-specific venue, has been designed by architects HOK, with the projected $780 million constructing prices to be privately financed by NYCFC which is majority owned by Metropolis Soccer Group.
Etihad Airways, the nationwide airline of the United Arab Emirates, got here on board because the stadium’s naming rights sponsor final month.
The stadium is the cornerstone of the transformational Willets Level Part II Redevelopment Plan, which is able to embrace the biggest all-affordable housing improvement venture in New York Metropolis in 40 years.
The New York Metropolis Council authorized the stadium in April as a part of a redevelopment that features 2,500 housing models, a brand new public college, resort, and retail shops.
NYCFC president Brad Sims mentioned: “The extra exercise that may occur in improvement in Willets Level and make it a live-work-and-play neighbourhood the higher.”
The membership will lead the bottom breaking ceremony with Mayor Eric Adams, First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, New York Metropolis Financial Growth Company (NYCEDC) President & CEO Andrew Kimball and Queens Growth Group (QDG), a three way partnership fashioned by Associated Firms and Sterling Equities, on website, alongside elected officers Councilmember Francisco Moya, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and Queens Group Board 7.
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