Bill ReeseFeb 18

As a New York Red Bulls supporter, I have enjoyed joking about New York City FC playing in a baseball stadium (or multiple baseball stadiums) for a decade.

But their new stadium in Queens looks like it will be fantastic. It's good for the sport, good for the league, good for the city.

Won't necessarily be good for the Red Bulls… but they've had their chances and squandered almost every one of them.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7053273/2026/02/18/nycfc-etihad-park-mls-stadium-new-york-dunivant/

#MLS #NYCFC

NYCFC looks forward with ‘most important stadium … in this country’ coming next year

The wait will go on for a little bit longer for NYCFC, but the club is expecting Etihad Park to be a game-changer when it opens in 2027

The Athletic
Show thread30YrdScreamer
@reesecommabill it looks amazing. I didn't realize they were owned by the Man City lot though.
Feb 18 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadBill ReeseFeb 18

@30yrdscreamer Yeah. They're owned by City, my team is owned by Red Bull, neither top flight club in the city is truly "authentic." We're both just satellite offshoots of global conglomerates.

There are a few local sides in the USL (the lower divisions that can't win promotion to MLS), one of which is a rebooted New York Cosmos franchise playing in Paterson, New Jersey that kicks off next month.

Show thread30YrdScreamerFeb 18
@reesecommabill I guess the size of that stadium suggests that MLS is thriving at the moment?
Show threadBill ReeseFeb 18
@30yrdscreamer A capacity of 25,000 to 30,000 is the size that works for most clubs in the league. There are only a select few that can draw more than that on a regular basis.