ahead of NYCFC\u2019s 1-1 draw against LAFC<\/a> at Citi Field. \u201cWe want people to know exactly where they are when they come into this building, and so making it representative of this community and this city was really important to us. And I hope that when everyone comes through here, they feel like we succeeded in doing that.\u201d<\/p>\nA view of the field and seating shown during a media tour of the new Etihad Park on Oct. 17, 2026 in Queens. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n
Construction on Etihad Park is expected to be completed next spring, and the club is planning to host several test events before playing its first game in its new home July 17, 2027.<\/p>\n
While work on the new building is still ongoing, NYCFC officials touted the vision that was coming together on Seaver Way. <\/p>\n
A number of seats had already been installed in various parts of the lower and upper bowls, work on the \u201ccube\u201d \u2014 a seven-story LED-lined entrance that is expected to welcome 65 to 70 percent of fans coming to the stadium \u2014 has been ongoing, and the grass pitch has already been installed and is expected to be completed before the cold winter temperatures arrive.<\/p>\n
However, a new stadium comes with affordability concerns, as fans across the sporting world have seen ticket prices increase. <\/p>\n
Tickets have gone on sale for the premium hospitality areas, but general admission tickets are not yet available. <\/p>\n
O\u2019Sullivan said that the \u201cgoal\u201d of the club is to \u201cmake sure that there is an affordable price point for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NYCFC COO boasted that the club has focused attention on the general admission areas of the stadium in order to provide fans \u201cvalue\u201d when they come to Etihad Park, noting the food quality will match that of the more exclusive areas of the stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody deserves to have a really unique and valuable fan experience, and so that\u2019s something that\u2019s really important to us, and making sure that that price point for those fans is something that they can afford \u2014 that it\u2019s something that also they feel the value that they\u2019re getting for their money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The work on the \u201ccube\u201d \u2014 a seven-story LED-lined entrance at Etihand Park that is expected to welcome 65 to 70 percent of fans coming to the stadium \u2014 has been ongoing. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n
O\u2019Sullivan did address concerns related to the Premier League financial scandal involving NYCFC sister club Manchester City potentially impacting the MLS club, saying there were \u201cno concerns in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the club showed off its bright future, its present is less than gleaming. New York City FC\u2019s season has gone into a tailspin since August during a stretch in which the club has just one regular-season win in its last 12 matches. <\/p>\n
Even more concerning, NYCFC has not won a match in MLS when they\u2019ve conceded the first goal this season. Saturday was no different as the club gave up the first goal to LAFC, but it managed a draw after an early second-half goal stripped Los Angeles of its lead.<\/p>\n
A view of the field and seating shown during a media tour of the new Etihad Park on Oct. 17, 2026 in Queens. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n
Still, NYCFC has played uninspired soccer during a stretch where they have struggled to take advantage of scoring opportunities that could have changed the course of matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomehow that is something that comes back to us all the time,\u201d NYCFC head coach Pascal Jansen said. \u201cSo if you don\u2019t reward yourself enough in these games, it stays a very tight game, and every mistake you make in the final phase of the game has cost us dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing inside the construction site of New York City FC\u2019s new home, Etihad Park, as it\u2019s coming together…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,402,55,54,56,400,319],"class_list":["post-376146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-fc","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376146","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=376146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}