New York City FC, the professional soccer team that plays at Yankee Stadium and is partly owned by the Yankees, is preparing to submit a proposal to develop a soccer stadium at Belmont Park Race Track, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The potential bid would put the team in competition with the Islanders’ plans to develop their own new arena. The deadline to answer the state’s request for proposals at Belmont is 2 p.m. Thursday. A decision on a winning proposal isn’t expected to come from Empire State Development, the state’s primary business development agency, for months.