The reported lost property taxes if the land was owned by the developers instead of leased of $500m+ is grossly exaggerated.
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If every mayor focused on one discrete goal at a time and actually did it the City would be so much improved. Instead they make broad feckless moves and grand gestures like rearranging the Board of Ed or reforming the police and accomplish nothing.
You want to reform policing? Pick one idea and implement it. Move to the next if it works.
Adams didn’t reform DSNY. He changed rules and practices and got something done.
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I think there's a difference between shovels in the ground, construction already underway, lease signed, to what happened with DeBlasio and Bloomberg.
This feels very hyperbolic my friend. I think Mamdani wouldn’t be making any friends by declaring a state of emergency when there isn’t one. Also, he is planning on putting 5 grocery stores ( 1 in each borough) in a food desert area where there isn’t anything but fast food to eat. The current plan is to do a pilot program to watch results before abandoning it if it doesn’t work or increasing it if it does work. This all would cost less than the current subsidies that go to big name grocery stores each year which doesn’t require the stores to take SNAP benefits.
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Sales call for West Sideline Club today.
Highlighted sections in picture below plus the arch of seats in the middle above the rectangle over the entrance to the field.
From endline to centerline the prices for front row increase as you get closer to centerline from 14-20k per seat.
I believe at least row 2 also has elevated prices.
For the remaining rows again increasing from endline to centerline from 6-8k per seat.
10% at time of reservation. Balance next year.
3-7 year term.
Top end benefits would be flat year 2 with 2-3% annual increase years 3-7 with a 7 year contract.
Bottom end 6-7% annual increase with 3 year contract.
Some variations on those terms will depend on specific seating as well.
Told him at those prices I expect it to be a sleepy corporate crowd. Not my vibe. He told me there have been 100s of requests for these calls from Citi members.
Highlighted sections in picture below plus the arch of seats in the middle above the rectangle over the entrance to the field.
From endline to centerline the prices for front row increase as you get closer to centerline from 14-20k per seat.
I believe at least row 2 also has elevated prices.
For the remaining rows again increasing from endline to centerline from 6-8k per seat.
10% at time of reservation. Balance next year.
3-7 year term.
Top end benefits would be flat year 2 with 2-3% annual increase years 3-7 with a 7 year contract.
Bottom end 6-7% annual increase with 3 year contract.
Some variations on those terms will depend on specific seating as well.
Told him at those prices I expect it to be a sleepy corporate crowd. Not my vibe. He told me there have been 100s of requests for these calls from Citi members.
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No, he cannot.
Thanks for the report.
Am I correct in understanding that there is no 1 year option? Or are the 3 and 7 year contracts something you can choose if you want to lock in prices?
Either way, it would have been a waste of my time to take this meeting with my rep.
I can see a good number of existing ticketholders interested in the $6-8k lower end of these prices. There are people who were in their 20s 10-12 years ago now entering their prime earning years. The club probably will sell the $14-20k seats, but maybe not so much from existing ticket holders.
I guess the next section after this will be the East Sideline Club, and then maybe finally non-club seating.
No 1 year option. Just 3-7 year options.
Also, you reminded me. He said no other section by section options. After this everything goes into the general pool to be selected in 2026.
Yeah. All I can say is that I hope they make the money they need to on this side of the stadium. It would be a shame to keep tickets all this time and then decide they aren't worth it even on the cheap(er) side.
I'm curious about how they plan to enforce the multi-year commitments. Is anyone familiar with other teams with similar arrangements? They're not collecting in advance as in a PSL, so if someone stops paying it gets messy.
Contracts are enforceable, but that costs money and just looks bad, "This year, NYCFC sued 47 former ticketholders who wanted to cancel to collect on the remainder of their 7-year ticket terms." Charges can go through on a card after getting a new number or even closing an account but there is some time limit.
I also wonder if the contract will have a hardship clause. People lose jobs, get ill, die, divorce, move away. Will they waive their rights in such cases? What if a regular game companion but non-account holder suffers one of those events?
Also, I guess I'm presuming they are not collecting up front. "Balance next year" could mean payment for Year 1 or all 7 years. I just don't see people agreeing to pay 7 or even 3 years all in Year 1.
Contracts are enforceable, but that costs money and just looks bad, "This year, NYCFC sued 47 former ticketholders who wanted to cancel to collect on the remainder of their 7-year ticket terms." Charges can go through on a card after getting a new number or even closing an account but there is some time limit.
I also wonder if the contract will have a hardship clause. People lose jobs, get ill, die, divorce, move away. Will they waive their rights in such cases? What if a regular game companion but non-account holder suffers one of those events?
Also, I guess I'm presuming they are not collecting up front. "Balance next year" could mean payment for Year 1 or all 7 years. I just don't see people agreeing to pay 7 or even 3 years all in Year 1.
Really good questions. I could imagine the following:
10% of year 1 due at signing - non-refundable deposit for year 1
100% of year 1 due in April 2026 with extra 10% being a non-refundable deposit for year 2
Repeat
Thus, essentially you are never paying more than a single year price at any time. But you are always locked into a 10% of season penalty for leaving.
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Tickets will obviously be more expensive than they are now because of the premium of being out of baseball stadiums. I just hope the increases aren't too bad. I'm not optimistic though
Perhaps apples to oranges here, but I remember a few years ago the Washington Redskins did sue people. It got notoriety mainly because one of the people being sued by Lil' Danny Snyder was someones senior citizen grandma. IIRC he dropped the suit due to the ugly optics.
Unless you want club seats for at least $6-8k, they haven't gotten to the seats you want yet.
Great thanks I’ll decline this phase and wait
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