NY Red Bull announces groundbreaking date for stadium
Could it be that the great joke that has been a soccer stadium for the team from New York that plays in New Jersey is about to come to an end?After years of 'expect a major announcement in 60-90 days' announcements, today AEG announced a major announcement. The date for the groundbreaking of the new home of the New York Red Bulls has been set for September 19th at 11:30am ET. The completion date is summer 2008.
The stadium will cost $100 million and will "feature a 360 degree 'European"-style roof/canopy covering the majority of the seating area, spacious locker rooms, sound and lighting systems specially tailored to the unique surroundings of Red Bull Park, the finest turf to create soccer's best pitch and well-appointed hospitality areas featuring 63 luxury suites positioned only 12 rows from the playing surface."
As with all things related to soccer stadiums in general and New York soccer stadiums specifically, I'll wait to pop the cork on the excitement bottle till some ground is thrown around, but it is still fun to see some sort of progress made. After more false starts then I care to remember, they have finally set a date.
Still, breaking ain't building, so this is just the first step on a journey that might end up being very long.
Labels: MLS
posted by Mike H at 2:53 PM
6 Comments:
"who knows what they'll dig up while building"
So true, it is New Jersey after all ;)
$100m? That's about £60m, right? Sounds like a steal. Wembley Stadium has cost £800m so far (about £1.5b). They say it's going to be the best football stadium in the world. For that sort of money, I expect it to be fucking FLOATING.
It will probably seat 1/4 of Wembley's total- just 25,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Park
That stadium looks really cool.
New York Red Bulls Academy U-18
Diter Hakrama is playing..
The Roster is full (24 Players)
Hakrama starter!
Player Info:
First/Last Name: Diter Hakrama
Club: NY Red Bulls U-18
Position: Foward
Current Jersey #: 7
Current Age: 16
Nationality: Albanian
Born: Tirana, Albania
Resident: Clifton, N.J.
Player Facts:
Played youth soccer in Albania (KF Dinamo Tirana) moved 9 years old to United States, played for SC Lazers (U-12 - U-13). Afterwards trained with variety teams in New Jersey. Also played NY Red Bulls U-17. Now Playing High School Soccer & NY Red Bulls U-18. Everyone is expecting something big from Hakrama the upcoming High School soccer season, as hes a junior.
Diter Hakrama eshte nje talent Shqiptar ne Shtetet e Bashkuara te Amerikes. Ky djalosh 16 vjecar ne Amerike qe po shkelqen ne fushen e futbollit. Tani pikerisht emri i keti lojtari po perhapet ne c'do faqe futbolli apo tifozash te internetit. Duke luajtur me Clifton dhe NY Red Bulls moshat 18 vjecare, eshte nje gje e habitshme nga ky djalosh qe vjen nga Shqiperia duke luajtur futboll ne SH.B.A. per te bere nje emer kaq te madh. Tashme pritet vetem te firmose nje kontrate me nje ekip per karieren e tij profesionale, shpresojme.
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