TESTIMONY
Testimony by Nelson Harring on Support for New York City FC Stadium
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Nelson Harring, a Bronx native and long-time supporter of New York City FC, expresses his enthusiasm for the proposed stadium in Queens. He shares his personal journey of becoming a season ticket holder and his desire to have a local team to support. The testimony highlights the emotional connection and community pride associated with having a dedicated soccer stadium in the city.
- Harring has been a supporter of NYCFC for 10 years, since his college days
- He emphasizes the importance of having a local team and stadium to be proud of
- The speaker expresses hope for attending games at the new stadium in the future
Nelson Harring
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Okay.
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Hi.
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Hi, everyone.
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Name is Nelson Hadding.
Kevin Riley
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Nelson, can you just speak into the mic?
Nelson Harring
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Sure.
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Sorry.
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Can you hear me better?
Kevin Riley
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Yes.
Nelson Harring
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Yeah.
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My name is Nelson Harin.
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Hi, everyone.
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Thank you council members, Chair Riley.
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I'm a bronze native.
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10 years ago, I remember I was in college, and I was just trying to figure out what to do with my life.
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And I remember hearing that, oh, it's an opinion club.
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Coming up here.
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And I was thinking, oh, wow.
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This is something that I just wanna be a part of, right, oh, you know, took all my whatever some little bit of money that I have.
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And be like, okay.
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Let's become a seasoned ticket holder.
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So I'm a founding member since then.
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Then after that, these last 8, 9 years of being a fan.
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It's just been such a integral part of my life.
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I love it.
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I go to the games every week.
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And being, you know, being part of the Bronx, I was 20 minutes away from Yankee Stadium.
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And now I know that there's there's a new stadium coming up, and I'm extremely excited to go to to Queens.
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I'm like, okay, you know what?
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This is gonna be my new homes and my new area.
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And I just wanna and and just seeing the increase of people becoming fans, I'm taking friends, and just people wearing shirts and and and colors instead of wearing these other popular brands, other popular clubs like, in Rome, Germany, Barcelona, PSG.
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Like, Those those are foreign foreign clubs.
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I just want to be proud of my local team, my local club, and having this state and having this community come up here in the brand in Queens.
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It's just gonna be something I could be proud of and be like, hey.
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Yeah.
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That's my that's my that's my club.
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10 years from now, I don't know where I'll be.
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I don't know what's gonna happen, but all I know is that I just wish I'll be at a state, you know, at the stadium, you know, screaming and and shouting supporting this team and club.