NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans Wednesday for a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club on an underdeveloped parcel of land adjoining the New York Mets’ home.
The $780 million stadium, slated to open in 2027 in the neighborhood known as Willets Point, will anchor a 23-acre redevelopment project that will also include 2,500 units of affordable housing, a new public school and a hotel, officials said.
“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a brand-new neighborhood,” Adams said at a news conference with other elected officials as well as representatives of the MLS and the project’s developers.