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N.Y. releases first drawing of proposed stadium
New Mets ballpark would be converted into Olympic venue for 2012 Games
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:59 p.m. ET June 26, 2005

NEW YORK - The committee organizing New York’s bid for the 2012 Olympics on Sunday released the first drawing of the proposed New York Mets stadium that would be converted into an Olympic Stadium if the city is awarded the games.

The Mets plan to build the stadium, and it would become the team’s new home by 2009.

The city revised its Olympic bid to include the 80,000-seat Queens stadium after the collapse of a $2 billion project on Manhattan’s West Side that would have served as home to the New York Jets and the centerpiece of the city’s Olympic bid.

The $600 million Queens stadium would host the Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the track and field and soccer finals.

The rendering shows an airy and roofless stadium with space for advertising on its side and a plaza next to it.

The organizing committee, NYC2012, said in a press release that the stadium would meet the highest competition standards.

The new plan would put the Olympic stadium near the Olympic village and the International Broadcast Center, also planned for Queens. It would take athletes 17 minutes to travel from the village to the stadium, officials said.

After the Olympics, the stadium would be converted back to a baseball stadium, and the 25,000-seat outdoor track would be moved and installed permanently at the new Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, organizers said.

NYC2012 submitted a revised bid to the International Olympic Committee’s executive board on Friday, officials said.

The IOC will select the host city on July 6. The other cities competing for the games are Paris, London, Moscow and Madrid.
© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[reg83ny]

I see the shape of a football field. heehehehehe

[ganggreen_ewok]

I see the shape of a football field. heehehehehe

You do? Really? Because I see the sprint lanes of a track, but no endzone????

would be converted into an Olympic Stadium

Wow, it isn't in the shape of a football field

The $600 million Queens stadium would host the Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the track and field and soccer finals.

[Chadforpresidentin08]

I do see a footbal field and track and field lanes. BUT I don't see a baseball field.

[x80NyJeTs28x]

I do see a footbal field and track and field lanes. BUT I don't see a baseball field.

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thats because the stadium was designed to host the 2012 olympics, then when that is over be fully transformed into a baseball (/football?) field.

[reg83ny]

ewok is blind

[NY F4]

So much for the Olympics. Hopefully us and the Mets can work out a deal. I would rather share with a baseball team and be in NY, than shar with a rival football team in another state.

And it should be alot easier to get a Queens Stadium since these political jackasses are too blind to approve somthing that would definately be a plus for the city.

[x80NyJeTs28x]

The mets issued a statement after NYC lost the 2012 olympics, they said they plan to start building in early 2006, and the stadium will be ready for the 2009 season. Hopefully there will not be any problems with this new stadium, and hopefully the Jets will come back to Shea....or the new shea.