Real Madrid boss Florentino Perez set to build first-ever football stadium in New York City, USA
The new stadium will be completed by 2027 and it will be completely privately financed.
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The New York City Football Club will finally have its own soccer stadium. The club has selected HOK as the architect and Turner Construction Company, an ACS Group company headed by Florentino Pérez, the president of the Spanish football team Real Madrid, as the general contractor to design and build New York City’s first major soccer-specific stadium. Until now, the team had played its games in smaller venues and American football stadiums.
The entire project is valued at $780 million. The work is expected to be completed for the club to play in its new stadium in the 2027 Major League Soccer season. The stadium will be located in the vicinity of the U.S. Open Tennis venue and the New York Mets baseball stadium. It will open after the 2026 World Cup that the United States will host with Canada and Mexico.
“The Club is confident that HOK and Turner will successfully deliver the Club’s vision for a world-class 25,000-seat stadium that will become a community resource. NYCFC is proud to work with Queens Development Group to bring forward a once-in-a-generation project for Willets Point that will include 2,500 units of 100 percent affordable housing, a 650-seat new public school, a hotel, open space, and NYCFC’s fully privately financed stadium,” the club said in a statement.
HOK and Turner are regular business allies who have completed more than 400 projects together over the past half-century. They have completed large-scale projects spanning corporate, healthcare, science and technology, and sports and leisure facilities. Turner Construction has a specific division specializing in sports construction. Moreover, Its clients include professional soccer, American football, baseball, field hockey and basketball teams.
Carlo Ancelotti believes he will remain Real Madrid’s manager next season
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has told the press that he believes that he has the backing of the President and will be at the club next season. With Real Madrid 13 points off the pace in La Liga, there has been growing speculation that the pair may separate in the summer, with Ancelotti wanted by Brazil too. However, that talk has calmed a little, given their progress in the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
Ancelotti has maintained his desire to remain at the club at least until the end of his contract in 2024. After an inquiry by the press on how he would evaluate the season so far, he explained, “You have to wait for that. The final evaluation is at the end of the season. It can be a successful season if everything goes well or a season with doubts.”
The final question of the press conference was more pointed than whether he wanted to stay, but rather whether he thought the President was of the same mind. “I think that Florentino Perez wants me to continue because he has always been very affectionate and continues to be so. The club is calm and I am sure that I will be here next season and that we will respect the contract.”
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MUHAMMAD DHULKIFL
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