The last thing that Manhattan needs is a $2.7 billion dollar stadium built over the west side rail yards. First of all, there's no way in Hell that we're going to get the Olympics. Not with CoWboy was our CEO. Ain't gonna happen.
And second of all, why the fuck should the City and the state pay the Jets to build the stadium here? Can you do the math? Two point seven billion dollars divided by 75,000 seats means that each CHAIR costs a whopping $36,000. Each one. That means that, even if tickets go for $200 each for every single event, that they'll have to have 180 sold out events just to pay for the cost of the stadium. That doesn't include any important costs like ticket-takers, security, and so forth. Let alone paying for teams, entertainers, anything like that.
And it's Manhattan. Come on, we've got much better things to spend $2.7 billion on than a stadium that'll be used by 75,000 people a couple times a year. Build a rail link to the airports that actually works and, like real Capital Cities around the world, doesn't require you to change trains 18 times. Fix the potholes. Make the luggage carts at the airports free. (Or are we just letting every other country in the world do that? Let's gouge 'em when they get to America!) Or how about spending some more money on the subway? Keep it clean. Keep it in good repair. Keep it running. Oh way, I forgot, they're making the MTA sell the land it owns to build the stadium -- at millions less than what it's actually worth.
It makes me angry.
Posted by Jon at April 7, 2005 12:37 AMIt should. Jeez.
I wonder what it was like back when sports were just games, instead of moronic multi billion dollar INDUSTRIES?
Posted by: Mushlette at April 27, 2005 10:47 AM