New York City Will Have Its First Professional Soccer Stadium In 2027

When it comes to sports it looks like the Big Apple is about to create a home base for the #1 sport in the world. Soccer, or in other names in certain places, football.

New York City FC has released photos of the newly planned $780 million, 25,000-seat soccer-specific stadium that will be placed in Queens. But that's not the only thing the city has planned for its citizens. In addition to the $780 million stadium, the plans are set to include 40,000 square feet of public open space, a school, a hotel, and ground-floor retail shops in the Willets Point neighborhood, according to the New York Club.

When it comes to $780 million there better be some sort of benefits to be nearing a location that is going to have consistent soccer games.

To me, this comes as a bit of a surprise. When it comes to soccer the number of fans these players have is limitless. I first experienced that when I first moved to New York City. It was the middle of summer during my third year residing in the Big Apple. It was around the afternoon when I was finishing another brand ambassador gig, and I felt like shopping at Jack's World, the popular 99 Cents store near Penn Station.

On the way to the train station, I happened to notice that every bar and restaurant was crowded with people. They were screaming to the top of their lungs like they were at a rock concert or something. I took a look inside the restaurants and saw that everyone had their eyes glued to the television watching the soccer game. That's when I knew soccer has an international fan base.

When this stadium is built and open to the public in the next four years, I wouldn't be surprised to see a large number of people. The main question is which two teams will be the first ones to have a match there. This is going to be the beginning of a huge thing. A part of me wants to do everything in my power to go to the first soccer game that's ever going to be held there. That'll be a good permanent thing in my journal.

In the meantime, I will be keeping up with the news regarding the process of building this future stadium. I'm sure when it's released, it's going to be a major blast.