New York Cosmos Stadium

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This article is about the proposed home of the New York Cosmos soccer team. For their current home, see James M. Shuart Stadium.
New York Cosmos Stadium
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Location Elmont, New York
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Operator New York Cosmos
Capacity 25,000
Construction
Broke ground TBD
Opened TBD
Architect Populous / Spector Group
Structural engineer Cameron Engineering
General contractor Turner Construction Company / McKissack & McKissack
Tenants
New York Cosmos (NASL)

The New York Cosmos Stadium is a proposed 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium and multipurpose facility.[1] It is to be located in the New York metropolitan area on the Queens and Nassau County border.[2] Plans were submitted to New York's Empire State Development Corporation. Upon completion, it would be the home stadium of the New York Cosmos.[3]

Plan

The stadium is part of a privately financed $400 million[4][5] entertainment complex known as Elmont Town Crossings which is designed to be built within Belmont Park. Along with the stadium, the project would include a Cosmos museum, retail, restaurants, a hotel, a pedestrian bridge over Hempstead Turnpike, better road access along the Hempstead Turnpike and Cross Island Parkway, improvements to the LIRR Belmont Park station, new parking space, a new 4.3-acre park, a youth soccer field, and remodeled soccer fields nearby. Team officials said the project would create 500 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent, full-time jobs.[6]

A team[7][8] of architects, engineers, and contractors are assembled for the stadium and project including Populous, the Spector Group, Cameron Engineering, Turner Construction Company, and McKissack & McKissack.[9]

Uses

The Cosmos have said the stadium would be host to national and international soccer events, other sports (such as Rugby and Lacrosse), music concerts, and local sports teams.[10][11]

As the stadium plan is evaluated, the New York Cosmos continue to play at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University. In 2013, the team opened a new practice facility at the Mitchel Athletic Complex. The new stadium was originally aimed to be completed in 2015 and opened by 2016,[12] but the plan has been delayed by at least one year.[13]

Background

In 2012, the New York Empire State Development Corporation issued a request for proposals (RFP) to develop an area of underutilized land at Belmont Park. In January 2013, the New York Cosmos delivered a response with the above plan.[14]

In November 2015, the ESDC asked all bidders to revise and re-submit their propsals. The Cosmos revised their plan to remove one parcel of land.[15]

The project is one of four competing proposals currently awaiting a determination from the Empire State Development Corporation.[15]

References

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