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Gotham FC Shifts Home to Queens' 25K-Seat Etihad Park

7/7/2026

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Gotham Relocates

Gotham FC will move home games to Etihad Park in Queens for 2028.
Etihad Park, a 25,000-seat all-electric stadium that began construction in December 2024, will open in spring 2027.
Governor Carolyn Tisch Blodgett said the move furthers Gotham’s ambition after signing a five-year lease with New York City FC.
Gotham will keep its Whippany, New Jersey training facility and will host Washington Spirit at Citi Field on July 15.

Summary

Etihad Park Electrifies

Etihad Park will become the United States’ first all-electric sports venue built with union labor and will host a Five Boroughs Food Hall with vendors from each NYC borough.
Gotham FC tickets will cost $24, with deposits low as $28.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Tourism + Conventions CEO Julie Coker said the stadium will boost Queens restaurant and hotel traffic and cement status like the 2028 Olympic soccer tournament.

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Queens Invests

Club is investing $35 million to turn the former Red Bulls practice site in Whippany into a 27,000-sq-ft performance center.
Commissioner Jessica Berman said the Queens move raises NWSL media-rights value and could host championships.
The “Queens Classic” at Citi Field has sold nearly 38,000 tickets, a record for women’s pro sports in NYC.
Coach Juan Carlos Amorós said the stadium will let fans push the team and build community pride.

History

Historical Context

The 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup in the United States drew a record 90,185 fans to the Rose Bowl on July 10 1999, prompting the formation of the Women’s United Soccer Association in 2000. Gotham FC, supported by Queens officials, will relocate to the all-electric Etihad Park, a move championed by NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman to boost media-rights value and anchor Queens as a women’s-sports hub.

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Gotham Relocates

Gotham FC will move home games to Etihad Park in Queens for 2028.
Etihad Park, a 25,000-seat all-electric stadium that began construction in December 2024, will open in spring 2027.
Governor Carolyn Tisch Blodgett said the move furthers Gotham’s ambition after signing a five-year lease with New York City FC.
Gotham will keep its Whippany, New Jersey training facility and will host Washington Spirit at Citi Field on July 15.

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