Stadium Discussion

[SanBartG]

Not happening, ever.[/QUOTE

Is the consensus then that WP is the only feasible option? Cause the old Yankee stadium site is as likely/unlikely as most other previously discussed options.

 

[Kjbert]

"FUCK. YOU. TOO!"

 

[NickFromAstoria]

So I think we may have a plant at City and State too

City and State: Francisco Moya Aims for City Hall

C&S: Have to ask you a couple soccer questions –

FM: My favorite subject!

C&S: Your district now does not cover Willets Point, but the City Council district does. Is this just a plan to get NYCFC to move to Queens?

FM: (laughs) Look, I don’t think we’re even close to thinking about that. I’m a huge supporter of soccer and the promotion of the sport. I think it’s the greatest sport in the world.

Promoting it to bring soccer to communities like mine, where I don’t think there’s any free patch of grass that’s available – people are playing soccer. But one of the things that I love is to see that we have young kids participating in the world’s greatest sport. I’ve had the good fortune to make friends with one of the greatest soccer players of all time, David Villa, who has come to the district and has done many free clinics with the kids from our public schools. And I hope to continue doing that as we go forward into the council as well.

C&S: Does it hurt to see Real Madrid in the Champions League final?

FM: It always hurts to see Madrid in any final. Given that the greatest team of all time, FC Barcelona, is on the sidelines this year. We have the greatest player in the world, Leo Messi. But I’m looking forward to when they come here and play in New York in the next couple of months.

 

[snugglefarts]

I'M GETTING EXCITED AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!

 

[LeeNYCFC]

So I think we may have a plant at City and State too

City and State: Francisco Moya Aims for City Hall

Damn he's gonna get so many Cityzens points for this

 

[Ulrich]

Damn he's gonna get so many Cityzens points for this

Won't matter, he'll never log in in time to get 1 of 10 shower mats or an XS tee from the Earthday cleanup.

 

[canchon]

Damn he's gonna get so many Cityzens points for this

Phoning constituents for his campaign: 1 point/call

Fundraising donations: 1 point / dollar fundraised

 

[Rimil]

Phoning constituents for his campaign: 1 point/call

Fundraising donations: 1 point / dollar fundraised

Don't forget to attend his rallies and listen in for the bonus code.

 

[SanBartG]

He had better make it yyyyuuuugggeeee. We need a bigly stadium...

 

[NickFromAstoria]

Phoning constituents for his campaign: 1 point/call

Fundraising donations: 1 point / dollar fundraised

Don't forget ballot petitioning - that starts next week too!

 

[Kjbert]

Are Dan Bucks transferable?

 

[mgarbowski]

Are Dan Bucks transferable?

Yes. Tom in Fairfield CT gave me some once.

 

[FredMertz]

Has the club ever explored the possibility of building on the old Yankee Stadium site and providing new Rec fields elsewhere in the Bronx?

This!

You should definitely call someone at the club to suggest this.

 

[LionNYC]

This!

You should definitely call someone at the club to suggest this.

We really need this index. I believe that was discussed somewhere between 100-160.

 

[FredMertz]

We really need this index. I believe that was discussed somewhere between 100-160.

My effort to make it not sound too sarcastic/mean inadvertently removed all of the sarcasm/meanness.

 

[mgarbowski]

My effort to make it not sound too sarcastic/mean inadvertently removed all of the sarcasm/meanness.

Oh no, it came through.

 

[SanBartG]

We really need this index. I believe that was discussed somewhere between 100-160.

Well that answered my question.

 

[FredMertz]

Well that answered my question.

It's like if you were dying of thirst and standing right next to a water fountain and I casually asked you if you tried the water fountain.

 

[SanBartG]

It's like if you were dying of thirst and standing right next to a water fountain and I casually asked you if you tried the water fountain.

Maybe. But I've read numerous articles about possible locations and failed attempts and not one of them mentioned that possibility. Not knowing why, I wanted to know why.

 

[NickFromAstoria]

Maybe. But I've read numerous articles about possible locations and failed attempts and not one of them mentioned that possibility. Not knowing why, I wanted to know why.

The new Yankee Stadium was built on a local park, and part of the deal was that they replace all parkland that was lost in the neighborhood. The city would never agree to go back and renege on that deal, as it would be much too politically toxic. There's barely any decent space around there that they could try to pass off as a viable swap to replace the as-is replacement park either.