New stadium for soccer’s NYCFC to be built next to Mets home


              New York City Mayor Eric Adams greets supporters after an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              People hold signs supporting affordable housing during an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              Union members hold up signs during an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              New York City Mayor Eric Adams gives a thumbs-up at an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              New York City Mayor Eric Adams, bottom right, speaks at an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              New York City Mayor Eric Adams smiles at an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
            
              New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center left, speaks at an event in the Queens Museum in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Adams was announcing the construction of a new soccer stadium, along with thousands of units of affordable housing, in the dilapidated section of Queens known as Willets Point. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New stadium for soccer’s NYCFC to be built next to Mets home