Not to change the subject, but did anyone catch the Liverpool/Roma match in Fenway? The pitch looked short and narrow, but it seemed to me that the playing surface was pretty good considering the rapid transformation and alteration. The announcers also had a great view from on top of the Green Monster.

Back on topic: I have never been to NY, but I get the impression that there is not much green space within the city for a stadium. I think putting it on that pier would be an engineering nightmare. I think a soccer stadium would look great in the middle of Central Park! (Yeah, I hate heavily populated urban centers. I am not sure how I would get there if I could not drive my car.)

There are quite a few area's in NYC, but it seems the proposed site in Flushing Meadows Park makes the most sense, because it would easily be accessible for cars and there is a subway station and LIRR stop nearby as well.

I would assume putting a new stadium in Queens would be way more cost effective too as compared to Manhattan at Pier 40 or the area where the rail yards are (sorry can't think of the name at the moment, but they've talking about building a stadium there for years).

There is also a huge tract of land out here on Staten Island. They wanted to build a track for NASCAR a few years ago, but I guess the right people weren't paid off, so the idea was abandoned. However there would be no public transportation to the area and a new stadium here would literally be a stone's throw from Red Bull Arena.......don't know if the Cosmos would want to do that.

I was raised on Long Island, I remember taking the Port Washington line right to Shea Stadium(now Citi something).

Yes, the Port Washington line goes right there. Very convenient if you aren't far out on the island.

Report:
MLS close to deal for $300 million Queens stadium

Major League Soccer is close to securing a $300 million stadium in the Flushing Meadows area of Queens, according to a report by the New York Post.

The stadium, which would completely financed by the league, is awaiting approval from city and state officials but so far both have been very supportive. If the legislation goes through, it is expected that construction could start in 2013.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-mls-close-deal-300-142800084--mls.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-s...ticle-1.1136400

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/majo...-queens-stadium

$300 million? This is New York. Guaranteed to be $500 million + by the time everybody gets paid off and the work gets done.

I don't know if this new MLS Stadium would be in the area, but if it is located near the new Mets home, that would be very convenient for sports fans to attend either. Could almost make a sports complex of it.

yes, it will be located right next to the US Tennis Stadium complex in Flushing Meadow. Which is within walking distance of CitiField the semi-new home of the NY Mets.

This from Making the Case for a Soccer Stadium in Queens’ Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Total Footblog:



Earlier in the article, Dobens writes that (if all goes according to plan) groundbreaking will be sometime in 2014 and the stadium will be ready for occupation in 2016 or 2017.

If the "tenant" turns out to be a team called the Cosmos, then that would mean they would have to announce their plans to enter the MLS before ever playing a single match in the NASL. Nothing wrong with that, but if the Cosmos are supposed to "lead the NASL" (as one of the news articles post earlier suggests) such an announcement would soften just a leadership role.

And if it is the Cosmos who will be the tenant, would they have to wait until the 2016 or 2017 season to move up to the MLS? After playing five seasons at Hofstra....