A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of the proposed Albany soccer stadium, which would anchor a $600 million district and require $150 million in public funding.

A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of the proposed Albany soccer stadium, which would have a capacity of 7,591 for soccer games.

A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of a proposed downtown Albany stadium and entertainment district.

Albany’s so-called “Parking Lot District” and Liberty Park, right, are seen from above Division Street on Monday in Albany. A proposal for the area now calls for a slightly larger soccer stadium that could hold as many as 15,000 spectators, and would be surrounded by roughly 1,000 apartments.

A rendering by the architecture firm Populous of the proposed Albany soccer stadium, which would hold 15,000 for outdoor concerts.

A rendering from the architecture firm Populous shows how a proposed soccer stadium and entertainment district would fit into the Liberty Park area of downtown Albany.

Remember the plan to build a soccer stadium and more in Albany’s bleak and dreadful Parking Lot District?

That proposal for a stadium-centric entertainment district hasn’t gone away. On the contrary, the plan has grown larger since the group proposing to bring a soccer franchise to the city’s downtown first went public nearly a year........

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