{"id":231586,"date":"2026-05-14T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231586\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:34:07","slug":"report-gotham-fc-exploring-move-to-nycfcs-new-etihad-park-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231586\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Gotham FC Exploring Move to NYCFC\u2019s New Etihad Park in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bats might be taking flight, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/leagues\/soccer\/2026\/gotham-fc-queens-nycfc-stadium-move-nwsl-1234899222\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/leagues\/soccer\/2026\/gotham-fc-queens-nycfc-stadium-move-nwsl-1234899222\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sportico<\/a> reported reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC is exploring a move to MLS side NYCFC\u2019s planned $780 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkcityfc.com\/news\/a-new-era-begins-new-york-city-fc-to-start-2027-28-season-at-etihad-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Etihad Park<\/a> in Queens.<\/p>\n<p>Gotham has played at New Jersey\u2019s Sports Illustrated Stadium since 2021, with the state serving as the team\u2019s home base since its 2009 inception as <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/kelley-ohara-gotham-signing-sky-blue-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sky Blue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many clubs, especially in the NWSL as the league rapidly grows, we regularly evaluate options to best support our players, supporters, and organization,\u201d the club said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Despite earning <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/gotham-defeats-spirit-in-2025-championship-to-win-2nd-nwsl-title-in-3-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">two NWSL championships<\/a> in the last three years, Gotham has struggled with attendance, averaging just 8,892 fans per game last year.<\/p>\n<p>Set to open in 2027, Etihad Park will be New York City\u2019s first pro soccer-specific stadium, part of a complex that includes the US Open\u2019s Flushing Meadows and MLB\u2019s Citi Field \u2014 host to Gotham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/gotham-fc-announces-queens-classic-nwsl-match-at-mlbs-citi-field-mets-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Queens Classic<\/a> this July.<\/p>\n<p>The venue will seat some 25,000 \u2014 similar to Sports Illustrated \u2014 with easy access to public transportation playing a key role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bats might be taking flight, as Sportico reported reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC is exploring a move&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[90798,90799,19202,9,24,63,122,68711,124,123,25788],"class_list":["post-231586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-2026-nwsl-season","tag-eithad-park","tag-gotham-fc","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-classic","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sports-illustrated-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}