No bid according to Mark Abbot http://web.mlsnet.com/media/player/...mv&w_id=26863&catCode=shows&type=v_free&_mp=1
OK - not a problem - we keep moving - we meet Saturday and plan our next actions - keep your heads up boys - we know the logistics - this is not going to be easy! We also know what people told us the other night about WIlpon and the Bid Deadline - but we dont hold our heads on that - we move forward and keep going! NOT the end of the WORLD! NYC is coming - just a matter of When!
I agree - no one will beleive us but Honestly - people from the League told us this the other night. This deadline is NOT for Wilpon but I can see how that comes off arrogant so I dont like to use it I just wish I knew exactly what it meant - ha ha
I don't know what to believe and what to think about this ridicolous situation....... Perhaps Gullit is right : in USA the beatiful game scares. P.S. Where is the soccer stadium plan ? I am waiting it by the end of August !! And Ottawa ( Ottawa, not the most important city in the world ) present a 30.000 soccer stadium plan and a bid without problem. Thanks Wilpon...........
Yeah, no. New York is well ahead of Ottawa. New York will open its "SSS" next year. Ottawa just has a plan.
John McCain (I know, not a very reliable source) claimed last night that Mayor Bloomberg has frozen all city spending. I'm not sure how I managed to miss that news, if it's indeed true. But assuming McCain is correct (for once), how could Wilpon honestly say to MLS that needed infrastructure improvements would actually go ahead (vis a vis the potential soccer stadium) when basic needs spending citywide had been frozen? This would at least partly explain the lack of a bid.
1. As you correctly point out, there is not spending freeze/ 2. If there was a spending freeze, it would apply to operating costs. Infrastructure improvements are from capital accounts, and are not part of the operating budget of the city. 3. The Mayor loves stadium projects, and he loves globalization. I'm not saying the environment isn't exactly propitious for big projects, but I should think this applies to every government, and every potential investor around the country (and Canada).