View Full Version : Red Bulls should move to Shea Stadium
MasterShake29
15 May 2007, 02:10 PM
Dude...i think ur the only person who's making sense. The team should have be in New York City. Shea would have been a great place for the metrostars inception. I think most people on this board aren't from NYC or own cars in NYC. For the people like us...we will never go to a game after work because its too much of a hassle and cost a lot, it sucks.
The new stadium will have access to the PATH so thats not to bad...but i don't think anyone who organized the team was actually a New Yorker.
So what if people are from NYC, southern NY state, or northern NJ? It's all one big happy region. They put the team in the biggest stadium in the region, a stadium that 80K or so go to each week in the fall and early winter.
What more do you want?
And most games are on weekends, when most people don't work. Sorry if they can't accomodate your particular schedule.
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 02:16 PM
So what if people are from NYC, southern NY state, or northern NJ? It's all one big happy region. They put the team in the biggest stadium in the region, a stadium that 80K or so go to each week in the fall and early winter.
What more do you want?
A team in NYC, that's what we want.
lakaix15
15 May 2007, 02:21 PM
A team in NYC, that's what we want.
i would have to say stick a sock in your mouth and stop being lazy and come down to GS
metroflip73
15 May 2007, 02:23 PM
Born and raised in Manhattan.
Currently living in Brooklyn (in a non-shoreline neighborhood).
No automobile to speak of.
ESC member since 1998.
I've gone to games on the PA bus. You're making it seem like it's the "40 year wandering through the Egyptian desert." It ain't. It's not thrilling, but I wanna get to the game, and that's how I f***ing got there.
YOU MAKE IT F***ING HAPPEN
or
YOU DON'T
F*** the excuses. People just straight up ain't making it happen.
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 02:28 PM
i would have to say stick a sock in your mouth and stop being lazy and come down to GS
Gee, I was a MEtrostars season ticket holder for 5 years, went to nearly every game. How many games have you been to, newbie?
It's not laziness. It's identity. I'm not a Red Bulls fan because of their corporate identity, and please, let's not go there. I was a devoted metrostars fan in spite of, not because of, the fact that they were located in NJ.
I identify as a New Yorker from NYC. NJ, Rockland county, long island by and large doesn't interest me. I don't identify with the "region", I identify with the City. It's not laziness, I would find it more exciting to have a NYC team to root for.
lakaix15
15 May 2007, 02:35 PM
Gee, I was a MEtrostars season ticket holder for 5 years, went to nearly every game. How many games have you been to, newbie?
It's not laziness. It's identity. I'm not a Red Bulls fan because of their corporate identity, and please, let's not go there. I was a devoted metrostars fan in spite of, not because of, the fact that they were located in NJ.
I identify as a New Yorker from NYC. NJ, Rockland county, long island by and large doesn't interest me. I don't identify with the "region", I identify with the City. It's not laziness, I would find it more exciting to have a NYC team to root for.
wait wait newbie to big soccer bc for the past 5 years i have had season tix holder and this year i have been to evey home game
and whats the difference nyc or nj , you have NY in RBNY so wats the difference, its a little cheeper to have it in front of you, if you dont have the money well all make a donation for you
MasterShake29
15 May 2007, 02:37 PM
A team in NYC, that's what we want.
Pony up the money then and you can have one.
It amazes me the effect rivers have on some people. You'd have thought we Americans have never heard of bridges or tunnels.
sublicon
15 May 2007, 02:39 PM
Gee, I was a MEtrostars season ticket holder for 5 years, went to nearly every game. How many games have you been to, newbie?
If you "was" a season ticket holder, and you're in here complaining like a woman (sorry, Jen), then you have officially surrendered your ability to refer to anyone as a "newbie" . . especially when directed towards someone like Mr. Lakai, who is actually not a newbie.
metroflip73
15 May 2007, 02:39 PM
A team in NYC, that's what we want.
Hope you got $300 million in your CitiBank acct. That'll cover team and small~ish stadium.
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:25 PM
Hope you got $300 million in your CitiBank acct. That'll cover team and small~ish stadium.
I didn't say it would be easy.
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:31 PM
Pony up the money then and you can have one.
It amazes me the effect rivers have on some people. You'd have thought we Americans have never heard of bridges or tunnels.
It's not rivers, it's culture. I think that I and my ilk from NYC share more in common with people who live in Los Feliz in L.A., or Mission in S.F., for example, than a guy from Glen Ridge, Ho-Ho-Kus or Piscataway. Why is that a surprise to you? Tehre is nothing about the suburban NJ experience that has anything I identify with or enjoy -- I mean no offense. Why should simple geographic proximity be the source of pride or identification for a person?
That just seems silly.
sublicon
15 May 2007, 03:32 PM
I didn't say it would be easy.
Oh, really? You sure made it sound easy! :rolleyes:
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:33 PM
.if you dont have the money well all make a donation for you
Thanks, I will give you my address off line. How much will you send me?
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:33 PM
Oh, really? You sure made it sound easy! :rolleyes:
I did? Which post was that?
metroflip73
15 May 2007, 03:45 PM
It's not rivers, it's culture. I think that I and my ilk from NYC share more in common with people who live in Los Feliz in L.A., or Mission in S.F., for example, than a guy from Glen Ridge, Ho-Ho-Kus or Piscataway. Why is that a surprise to you? Tehre is nothing about the suburban NJ experience that has anything I identify with or enjoy -- I mean no offense. Why should simple geographic proximity be the source of pride or identification for a person?
That just seems silly.
Yeah, it is culture. I agree, THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE SUB-URBAN NJ EXPERIENCE THAT HAS ANYTHING I IDENTIFY WITH OR ENJOY. Or for that matter, Queens, western LI or the Bronx.
That doesn't stop me from going to games.
lakaix15
15 May 2007, 03:45 PM
Thanks, I will give you my address off line. How much will you send me?
will 2 cents do??
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:46 PM
Yeah, it is culture. I agree, THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THE SUB-URBAN NJ EXPERIENCE THAT HAS ANYTHING I IDENTIFY WITH OR ENJOY. Or for that matter, Queens, western LI or the Bronx.
That doesn't stop me from going to games.
It didn't me either, until Red Bull took over.
But still, it would be a more exciting experience if there were a NYC team. That's what I'm saying.
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 03:47 PM
will 2 cents do??
Then I guess you're not serious about being a REd Bull fan.
lakaix15
15 May 2007, 04:00 PM
Then I guess you're not serious about being a REd Bull fan.
no i am but you never put a price down so thats what i gave
Metrogo
15 May 2007, 04:05 PM
no i am but you never put a price down so thats what i gave
Good point! Got me there!