Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Pointing to an old airfield, Bloomberg says soccer arena parkland is in fact 'replaceable'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon said that Major League Soccer plans to replace the parkland it intends to use for a new soccer arena by resurrecting the old Flushing Airport in College Point, Queens. More
(6)Major parks advocacy group opposes soccer arena on 'irreplaceable public space'
Calling it an "irreplaceable public space," New Yorkers for Parks this morning came out against a plan to build a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. More
Quinn says a councilman's anti-sheik soccer-stadium argument raises 'valid' questions
Council Speaker Christine Quinn today said that Councilman Daniel Dromm raised some "valid questions" when he argued that Abu Dhabi's represssion of gays should preclude it from building a soccer stadium in Queens' largest park. More
A soccer-loving sheik gives more grist to Flushing Meadows stadium critics
The city-backed proposal to build a $340 million soccer arena in the middle of Queen's largest park was contentious long before Sunday's report that Major League Soccer has lined up an Abu Dhabi oil billionaire to pay for it. More
(5)Mayoral candidates on an M.L.S. stadium in Queens: Meh
The nine candidates running for mayor this year had very little to say on Monday night about a controversial proposal for a Major League Soccer stadium in Queens. More
The USTA is now open to replacing parkland for its tennis center expansion
Following substantial uproar from parks advocates, the United States Tennis Association is now open to replacing the parkland it will occupy in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. More
(1)Bloomberg to Major League Soccer: We still want your soccer arena
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon responded to Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber's warning that, should the league not reach a deal soon with the city, he will look to build a soccer arena elsewhere. More
Maintain it: A key official presents a condition for supporting Flushing Meadows projects
Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras says that for three developments in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to gain her approval, their developers will have to agree to long-term funding for the park. More
(2)Visions of that Major League Soccer stadium in Queens
On February 1, the architect tapped to design a soccer stadium for Flushing Meadows Corona Park gave a talk to some architecture students. Somehow, that presentation ended up on the internet. More
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Lots of land, little upkeep
If Flushing Meadows Corona Park is more than twice as big as Prospect Park, then why does Prospect Park have nearly four times as many staff tending its flower beds and picking up litter?
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Urban planners suggest alternative soccer-arena sites, and the M.T.A. actually offered one
Alexander Garvin, a Yale University planning professor who managed New York City's bid for the 2012 Olympics, thinks Major League Soccer has shown a notable lack of "imagination" in its search for a suitable site for a new soccer arena. More
'There is no reason to be intimidated by the U.S.T.A.'
Among the more than dozen people who turned out to a Queens nursing home on Tuesday evening to talk to a community board about the U.S.T.A.'s request for another piece of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the consensus was unanimous: please don't let it happen. More
Why can't Major League Soccer put a team in Citi Field, really?
Major League Soccer would very much like to build a soccer arena in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. More
(8)A tennis-center expansion in Queens requires a tricky definition of 'public'
Did you know that the National Tennis Center, where Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal ply their trade two weeks a year, is a public space? More
(1)Cosmos COO Erik Stover says a stadium bid isn't about leverage
New York Cosmos chief operating officer Erik Stover denies that the New York Cosmos, a new team playing in a minor professional league, are using a $400 million stadium proposal to convince Major League Soccer to award them a franchise in New York. More
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