Here we go again.
Early this morning, The Outfield published a story that connects New York City FC with a proposal to build a soccer-specific stadium at Harlem River Yards, the 28-acre site in the South Bronx slated for mixed-use development. Author Chris Campbell hunted down some tantalizing details for the article, but before we get to what he uncovered let’s sketch out NYCFC’s relationship top the site.
Harlem River Yards will be familiar to NYCFC fans who follow the club’s stadium saga: Back in 2018, City Football Group and the developers sought to include a 26,000-seat soccer-specific stadium as a part of the $700 million “mega-project.