As criticisms of the plan to put a 3,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park continue to mount (see yesterday's plea about affected, valuable green space), Mayor Mike set out to assuage fears, defend the development, and emphasize that the net amount of public parkland will not change. "It's not irreplaceable," Bloomberg told media yesterday. "In fact, there's?Flushing Airport, which is gonna be turned into a park. So the total parkland will be the same." MLS has promised to replace whatever parkland they eat up in stadium construction, and Bloomberg emphasized that area residents might want more than grassy knolls for recreation: "It's not the only thing people need. A lot of people want a stadium to enjoy soccer." [Capital NY; previously]
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