Here are the Major League Soccer stadium renderings, except they're not, maybe

Image source: Curbed – supposedly not the MLS stadium to come

A number of news outlets – from Curbed to Yahoo! – have reported on the recent release of assumed renderings by SHoP of the new Major League Soccer (MLS) Stadium for Flushing Meadows Corona Park. There are voices that contradict each other out there right now about the legitimacy of the images – here are the two main relevant quotes we’ve come across:

SHoP principal Gregg Pasquarelli, during a recent presentation earlier at Columbia University, showing images a project that shows details from Flushing Meadows Corona Park (see Curbed‘s image): “The project I’m not supposed to show (you) so I am not going to tell you where it is or what it is but it’s a new stadium that should be announced in the next couple of months.” – via Curbed and Empire of Soccer

MLS league president Mark Abbott: “These drawings do not represent what they stadium will look like. In fact, we haven’t selected an architect yet and will not start the design process until we have an owner for the club. This was simply a concept drawing that was done only to help determine the potential height and footprint. Any assertion that these drawings represent what a stadium will look like in Queens is wrong.” – via Capital New York

Here are some of the articles talking about the questionable MLS renderings. You can decide for yourself if they are legit or if there is something else going on.

Here’s What A SHoP-Designed MLS Stadium Could Look Like [Curbed]
Visions of that Major League Soccer stadium in Queens [Capital New York]
FIRST LOOK: MLS’s Queens Stadium Renderings [Empire of Soccer]
MLS president downplays reported Queens stadium renderings [Yahoo!]
Plans for proposed Queens soccer stadium leaked online [NY Post]