Red Bull Park Construction Begins... Again

Construction on the future home for the New York Red Bulls has begun once more, and hopefully will be more productive than the last go-round. After several cleanup and design issues slowed progress on the site to a near-halt, heavy equipment is set to roll again at Red Bull Park beginning next week.

The news comes two weeks after Red Bull bought out AEG's 50% share in the project and immediately cut out plans for a permament stage to be built into one side of the facility. Timeline for construction is 18-20 months, with hopes that the stadium will be opened sometime in Summer 2009.The final design (see rendering above) calls for 25,189 seats, 30 luxury suites and a translucent polycarbonate and aluminum roof that will cover every seat. The plan remains the focal point of a $1 billion development project across the Passaic River from Newark.