New York City FC to finally decamp from Yankee Stadium for new soccer-dedicated home in Willets Point, Queens

The New York Mets are getting a new neighbor.

As first revealed yesterday by the New York Times and formally announced by New York City Mayor Eric Adams this morning, a deal has been confirmed that will relocate Major League Soccer team New York City Football Club (NYCFC) from its current (meant-to-be-temporary) home at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to a new soccer-specific venue opposite Citi Field in the Willets Point section of Queens.

The 25,000-seat NYCFC stadium will anchor a 23-acre mixed-used development helmed by Related Companies, partnering with Sterling Equities in a joint venture dubbed Queens Development Group. The ground-up neighborhood is

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