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NYCFC Soccer Has Queens Stadium Agreement with City Officials

For years upon years upon years fans pouring of Shea Stadium, and later, Citi Field grew used to seeing the the smoldering dump that was the chop shops across the…

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QUEENS, NY – OCTOBER 23: The NYCFC flag at the corner of the pitch before the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Semifinal match between New York City FC and Toronto FC at Citi Field on October 23, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)”n”n

For years upon years upon years fans pouring of Shea Stadium, and later, Citi Field grew used to seeing the the smoldering dump that was the chop shops across the street. For years many wondered when the City of New York would do something to spruce that area up and turn that part of Queens into something big and special. Well now it appears something "special" might indeed happen.

The City of New York has reached an agreement to build a soccer stadium in Queens across from Citi Field that will be the exclusive home for New York City FC, the Major League Soccer team that captured the MLS Cup last fall.

NYCFC will pay $780 million to build a 25,000 seat stadium. According to the New York Post, te plan also includes a housing complex that will be built by Related Companies and Sterling Equities, which of course as Mets fans know, is the Wilpon's.

The stadium could be ready by 2027.

Already it's drawing excitement.

What's involved

Local Politicians excited

Jobs, jobs and more jobs

Official NYCFC hype video

Where the stadium could be

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.