Another conspiracy theory: State wants Islanders to build there, but want another bid to force the Islanders to up their proposal. Recruit NYCFC to make such bid, NYCFC agrees in order to net political capital necessary to get their own stadium afterwards.
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Another conspiracy theory: State wants Islanders to build there, but want another bid to force the Islanders to up their proposal. Recruit NYCFC to make such bid, NYCFC agrees in order to net political capital necessary to get their own stadium afterwards.
Makes sense. Belmont is the perfect spot for the Islanders.
I've taken the Subway to Yankee games from Woodlawn. You're right, it's not Yonkers, but it's close. Not super close, but it's there.
Good point on why it would depend on WHERE in Yonkers they put it. It's never going to happen, but building at Empire City Casino would be nice.
Good point on why it would depend on WHERE in Yonkers they put it. It's never going to happen, but building at Empire City Casino would be nice.
I'd love my isles there
NYCFC at Willets West or Fresh Direct. Then move my Jets back. Oh yeah, can I also fart rainbows while we're at it?
I'll hold on to my theory.I'd love my isles there
NYCFC/Jets stadium like the new White Hart Lane at Sunnyside Yards
I've never heard this theory before.
Also, the Jets can't afford it. The Jets are on the hook for 1/2 of MetLife and they draw poorly. I can't see how this would work unless the government paid for the stadium to be built and the Jets didn't pay rent.
It's not a theory so much as my fevered dream fueled by ciders and google maps.
Jets can opt out of their least somewhere around 2024 IIRC. Either the Jets or Giants can opt out, the caveat being once one opts out the other team is locked in for like 20 years.
But if the Jets and NYCFC split the cost, I can't see why it's not feasible. Think of the value of the land!
Hell, I'd be happy with a shared Jets/NYCFC stadium at Willets Point. We get a stadium, Jets get to return to their original home. 2024 ain't that far away.
Except for the whole lack of public transit thing.
Silly question. NYCFC bids on Belmont site, gets it, lobbies with LI to rezone Belmont into NYC/Queens and promises to build the NYCFC2 stadium in LI. Any precedent to this? Can't find land in the City? Bring the City to the land.
Brooklyn used to be a separate city. Queens used to be a separate county. Cities grow by incorporating adjacent land all the time. I doubt Nassau County would agree to it.
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I can't imagine Nassau would be willing to give up tax generating land.
It could certainly be done with a promise of a revenue stream, but that would be a foolish waste of time to satisfy the 100 people who give a crap that the stadium wouldn't be technically within the NYC limits.
Nothing will be announced until after the mayoral election. As we have seen, who the mayor is can wildly swing the stadium plans. If we get a development friendly Mayor, I think the GAL site will be a go. If it ends up being DeBlasio for another four years, I believe we have another plan in the works.
It's going to be damn de Blasio. We're fucked. The only positive is that Dante will graduate during that term and hopefully live in the city and nag his dad about it all day, every day.
Or maybe DeBlasio doesn't want it being a campaign issue so we don't hear anything about it right now.
Here is a refresher on the Parking garage bonds at Yankee stadium.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ages-operator-drowning-debt-article-1.2297401
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ages-operator-drowning-debt-article-1.2297401
The way this article presents it, something will have to happen in that location in the relatively near future. That parking complex is just becoming more and more non-viable every year. 9,000 parking spots seem to be 5,000 too many, and the whole biz will never produce enough money to get out of the massive hole it has gotten into. The city doesn't want to put one more penny because it already did and will never be repaid because the bondholders come first, and at the rate the garages are producing income that in itself will take 50 years. My question is: after the parking biz collapses, as it will, and they realize they just don't need that much parking there, won't a stadium be one of the best options available to the city? That is if CFG doesn't ask for any financial help to build it.
