NY stadium article

The Voice of Reason! · Oct 6, 2002

http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/sections/index.asp?sId=23&sStoryId=19729&selectDate=

sounds positive.

guess we will have to wait till the 24th to see what happens

WarrenWallace · Oct 6, 2002

Interesting. Heard a lot of stuff that I had heard before, but always good to be refreshed with the plans of the complex.

FootyMundo · Oct 6, 2002

Just please, please, please let the bill pass. L.A., NY/NJ and Columbus in dedicated homes. MLS with success stories to tell other communities considering building venues. Having critical mass will make completing the job for the other teams that much easier.

UncleSam527 · Oct 6, 2002

Fresh reports are always good.

G Enriquez · Oct 6, 2002

Good luck Metro's

peledre · Oct 6, 2002

positive re-hashed news is better than no news i guess.

Sachin · Oct 6, 2002

This is the key piece of new information:

Now the Newark plan has found legs of its own through other funding sources, and its sponsors are optimistic the Harrison legislation will clear its final hurdles.

"There's no reason for this bill to be controversial at all now," said Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, D-Jersey City, one of its sponsors.
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Hopefully the bill will pass. I wonder if the $80 million price tag mentioned in the article includes environmental remediation. I'm sure Haig, swell guy that he is, will tell us.

Sachin

VioletCrown · Oct 6, 2002

Originally posted by Sachin
This is the key piece of new information:
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Now the Newark plan has found legs of its own through other funding sources, and its sponsors are optimistic the Harrison legislation will clear its final hurdles.

"There's no reason for this bill to be controversial at all now," said Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, D-Jersey City, one of its sponsors.
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Absolutely. And all I can say is, ABOUT FLIPPING TIME.

First, the Metros tried to tie themselves to that Newark legislative monstrosity. After it getting so big it got shot down, the Metros tried to go it alone... only to have the NEWARK stadium latch onto THEM! And it was once again blasted.

If I remember right, Harrison was about to make it through before Newark got tagged on. As long as the Newark project stays FAR AWAY from the Harrison project, y'all are probably in good stead.

I'm actually getting excited about this one. I'm already telling my partner that the next time we visit her sister up north of NYC, I'll be able to take trains the whole way to a game.

I can't wait!