The New York City Council voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve construction of a 25,000-seat, privately financed soccer stadium at Willets Point in Queens, to house the New York City Football Club.
The proposed stadium would be built across Seaver Way from Citi Field, where the New York Mets play.
In the first phase of redevelopment, the site would include approximately 1,400 units of “permanently affordable housing,” a hotel and 80,000 square feet of retail space, according to the legislation approved Thursday.
It would also include 2.8 acres of publicly accessible open space.
Under the proposal, the city would retain the land, which has for decades been known as the “Iron Triangle” for its ramshackle collection of automobile repair facilities, and lease it to the club, similar to agreements with other stadiums in New York.
Organizations:
New, New York City Football Club, Citi Field, New York Mets
Locations:
New York, Queens, Seaver