Open Letter to His Highness
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, F BTR FEB. 11-17, 2022 15
Your Highness:
Congratulations on City’s first MLS Championship.
It was a great win for soccer and New York.
Of course, we wish the match had been played at home in a world-class stadium in
our district, in The Bronx.
Building a state-of-the-art facility has excited The South Bronx since City came to
the borough.
And, while we have cheered for the team, we have heard nothing about a stadium.
There has been no communication and no progress for eight years!
We invite you to help end the silence and deadlock.
Let us take, “a uniquely global, yet local approach,” to the stadium.
Let us create a stadium that meets the needs of the host district as well as the team.
Let us develop a plan that enables City Football Group and those who live, work,
own businesses or property in the district to become stadium partners.
Let us build a stadium in time to host the World Cup in 2026.
Let us give New Yorkers the stadium they deserve.