Stadium Discussion
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Araos doing the quick back-step as he dances around the issue.
To be fair, his predecessor was the best NY mayor of my lifetime and he was also from Boston. There are plenty of things to hate about Boston, but it’s batting .500 on 21st century NY mayors.
I think this issue is such small potatoes that it is irrele
Unless you're more than 75 years old, best mayor of your lifetime is not much of an accomplishment!
But Bloomberg is a Yankee fans and spent most of his adult life in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/08/nyregion/mayor-trades-his-sox-for-the-local-pinstripes.html
Oh, I'm going to shit on NJ fans so badly when we have 3 stadium sites in play during the most competitive building period of NYC's history
USL and youth teams, women's team and men's team? Lol
You won’t find me defending BDB but for the sake of accuracy, he has spent his entire adult life in NYC too. Arguably, having been born in NYC he has more of a claim than Bloomie.
And being a Yankee fan is hardly a definitive trait of a true New Yorker.
Sorry -- that was no knock on you and I agree. Just saying we've had a lot of bad mayors!
Whatever you think of Araos, there is much to agree with here.
If BDB is a serious candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, it make supporting a stadium harder. Gentrification, government subsidies, and the UAE connection are all going to be used by other progressives as a cudgel - and that’s true whether or not the criticism has even the slightest basis in fact. A lame duck mayor can push a stadium through if he thinks it’s the right thing. A lame duck mayor running for president will have a harder time. The good news is that it seems very likely that he will back to being just a lame duck mayor by this time next year if not sooner.
Also, I’ve had conversations with a couple of people in my town who work for companies that the Club has involved in the stadium deal: one for financing and one for engineering work. Both said nothing seemed imminent (i.e. the next couple months). One said he thought that CFG and those above CFG have been dragging their heels - not necessarily a lack of commitment, but just a bureaucratic approach where every little thing has to go back to Abu Dhabi and responses aren’t quick. Take that last part with a grain of salt as this was one guy’s take who isn’t necessarily involved on a day-to-day basis. But to me, it rings true.
NostraChaves is never wrong about anything.
I highly, highly, highly doubt Brad Sims would tell someone's "buddy at work" that the stadium "deal is done" prior to going public about it. Those would be some pretty loose lips from the top.
