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Reading Between the Tweets: Will New York City FC announce a stadium soon?

Desperate fans notice recent Associate Partners of NYCFC are in construction, contracting, and concrete

Oliver Strand by Oliver Strand
June 9, 2022
in FO News, Stadium Saga
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New York City FC maintain a number of official Twitter accounts. There’s the primary New York City Football Club account, and NYCFC Fan Services, which functions as a flack catcher for any gameday or membership issues. There’s NYCFC II, which covers the MLS NEXT Pro side, and NYCFC Youth, which covers academy teams. 

Then there’s New York City FC Associate Partnership, which offers sponsorship packages to local mid-sized businesses: If high-rolling partners such as Etihad Airways, Ford, Heineken, adidas, Captian Morgan, and Dude Wipes are up in front reclining in their first-class seats, the associate partners are in premium economy.

The Twitter account dates to November of last year, and started announcing new associate partners in early March. Recently, some corners of the NYCFC nation noticed that a number of those associate partners are in the construction business.

in the last week @NYCFC have announced 5 new associate partners

1) a concrete company
2) a general contractor
3) a construction company
4) an HVAC company
5) a scaffolding company

all i can say is 👀

— adam j. sontag (@ajpiano) May 30, 2022

Eyes emoji indeed: NYCFC fans want the club to win games, and sign good players, and lift more silverware, but they want a stadium more than anything else — when they sleep, they dream of a soccer-specific stadium within the Five Boroughs served by public transportation. The NYCFC fan base is uniquely attuned to anything having to do with the Three Cs: Construction, contractors, and concrete.

Hudson River Blue dispatched a team of auditors to comb through the public record, and established that 13 of the 19 associate partners named since November are in the construction industry. They include Casa Redimix Concrete, a concrete supplier, SkyTrac Access Group, a scaffolding supplier, DnA Controlled Inspections, an engineering consultant that works with Tishman Speyer, and Airlogix, which provides commercial HVAC/R services. Another two could play a commercial role in a new stadium.

🤝 Founded in 2010, DnA Controlled Inspections, Ltd. is a full-service engineering consulting firm.

DnA are recognized throughout the New York City development and construction industries for excellence in performing design, special inspection and material testing.#NYCFC #NYC pic.twitter.com/gdK28yoFzI

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) March 23, 2022

It’s hard not to read into it. Here is a complete list of associate partners:

NYCFC Associate Partners

NameDate AnnouncedNature of WorkRelated to Construction
Casa Redimix Concrete Corp.May 23, 2022Concrete supplierYes
Main St. RadiologyMay 20, 2022Radiology servicesNo
Onrise CareMay 12, 2022Mental healthNo
CapalinoApril 29, 2022Urban strategy inclduing permitting, legislative supportYes
Abilne Inc.April 27, 2022Install and service boiler room and heating equipmentYes
Nex-Gen Ready Mix Corp.April 25, 2022Concrete supplierYes
SkyTrac Access GroupApril 22, 2022Scaffolding rental, sales, and installation Yes
AirlogixApril 20, 2022Commercial HVAC/R serviceYes
RC StructuresApril 13, 2022Concrete contractorYes
Michilli Inc.March 31, 2022General contractor for luxury spacesYes
Centrifugal Electric LLCMarch 28, 2022Electrical contractorYes
Eureka Weath SolutionsMarch 22, 2022Wealth managementNo
DnA Controlled Inspections, Ltd.March 11, 2022Engineering consultantYes
Vitel GlobalMarch 8, 2022Business phone system providerNo
Big Apple Window CleaningNDCommercial window cleaning No
Fischer EnergyNDMaster planning energy managementYes
MJS Building and DevelopmentNDHome renovations, property managementYes
Palette ProNDPainting servicesYes
The Spaventa GroupNDWealth managementNo

In other words, just a totally normal, regular group of local companies that love the beautiful game. Let other clubs partner with local restaurants, or car dealerships, or Boar’s Head. NYCFC fans are more likely to seek out the services of Capalino, a consulting firm that helps you navigate New York City’s labyrinthine permitting process and will “identify key elected officials, community leaders, organizations and business contacts” you might want to know if you have a stadium-sized project in the works.

As you can see from the table, the associate partners started signing more than three months ago, but a flurry of NYCFCAP tweets posted last week amplified the earlier announcements. These are the tweets that raised the collective eyebrows of NYCFC supporters.

🤝Abilene Inc. is an industry leader in the design, installation and service of boiler room and heating equipment.

For 75 years, Abilene have been the tri-state areas leading comfort provider ensuring the city’s multifamily and high-rise buildings with heat and hot water. #NYCFC pic.twitter.com/a250XMGOs2

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) June 7, 2022

SkyTrac Access Group are the industry’s trusted, one-stop provider of all temporary and suspended access equipment and services.

SkyTrac is a full-service, suspended scaffold & access solutions provider offering equipment rental, sales, installation and training services. #NYCFC pic.twitter.com/kXYtqXOCKG

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) May 30, 2022

We're delighted to welcome on board our latest New York City FC Associate Partner, @AirlogixUSA.🤝

For more information: https://t.co/tmF2OiZCmg#NYCFC #NYC #ForTheCity #VamosNYC #NewYorkCity #NYCBusiness #NewYorkBusiness pic.twitter.com/k2hXDcQZud

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) May 27, 2022

🤝Established in 2006, RC STRUCTURES has been responsible for the construction of dozens of mid to high-rise building projects.

With headquarters in Roslyn, NY, they provide construction services throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island and New Jersey. #NYCFC pic.twitter.com/hTmd9keHQJ

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) May 26, 2022

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐜
Based in New York, @michilli_inc is a General Contractor that specializes in constructing luxury retail, residential, and commercial spaces.

Find out more about their projects here.👇https://t.co/5iEQFT7WpE#NYCFC #NYC #ForTheCity pic.twitter.com/99Em2WB2Y0

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) May 25, 2022

Welcome on board to our latest New York City FC Associate Partner, Casa Redimix Concrete Corp.👋

For more information, visit: https://t.co/HudbRe7IzO.#NYCFC #NYC #ForTheCity #VamosNYC #NewYorkCity #NYCBusiness #NewYorkBusiness pic.twitter.com/y876BqWQbg

— New York City FC Associate Partnership (@NYCFCAP) May 23, 2022

What does it all mean? It’s hard to say exactly. Could this be a form of lobbying by firms looking to work with NYCFC on a soccer-specific stadium that will likely cost far more than there $345 million Nashville SC spent on GEODIS Park, or the $350 million LAFC spent on Banc of California Stadium? It’s smart to gain entry to the executive boxes at Yankee Stadium (or Citi Field, or Red Bull Arena), and wander the cordoned-off lounges and bars that the proletariat never see. Perhaps these companies have their ears to the ground, and know that now’s the time to buy access.

Or is this a creative form of bartering, that NYCFC is promoting these firms as a part of a compensation package? It’s no small thing when NYCFC sends out a tweet with your name, logo, and account link to more than 400,000 followers. it could very well be that one of them needs a commercial electrical contractor.

Views from the Top of the East 📸 @CentrifugalG

— New York City Football Club (@NYCFC) May 29, 2022

Or maybe NYCFCAP simply has a Rolodex filled with construction companies. The associate partnership program was taken over by Eleven Sports Media in November, and they have promoted some unexpected brands in the past, including a sealant and adhesive brand and a law firm to football fans in the United Kingdom. Why not expose New Yorkers to the benefits of the commercial boiler expertise of Abilne Inc.?

The sad truth is that NYCFC fans are so desperate for some news – any news – about a stadium that they will scour Twitter and devour the post you’re reading right now in search of something that will give them hope.

Club president and CEO Brad Sims told HRB last November that building a stadium is the number one priority for the front office, then he all but promised at the City Hall rally in December that an announcement was forthcoming. It’s been crickets since then, which is why we’re reduced to reading between the lines of the tweets posted by the NYCFCAP account. 

It might be harmless enough to look into the services provided by associate partner Fischer Energy (which implements complex energy infrastructure for buildings and enables efficient operations, natch), but it’s also a sign of our desperation that we’ll gladly follow any crumbs we find on social media.

Tags: AirlogixCasa Redimix ConcreteDnA Controlled InspectionsNYCFC Associate PartnersSkyTrac Access Group
Oliver Strand

Oliver Strand

Oliver is the executive editor and publisher of Hudson River Blue. A benchwarmer on the 1985 Culver City All-Stars, he grew up supporting the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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