Oh, yeah sry that too. That before there was no terms on the actual # and now there is. Still really annoying. :/
No worries at all.
I just want to clarify that IMO, the biggest think the Yankees want is a guarantee of a certain number of parking spots. Obviously, they want that number to be as high as possible, but I would bet money that they would take a legal guarantee of a lower number than a "hand-shake deal" of a higher number.
What will be amazing is when the NYCFC stadium has no available parking on our matchdays while the spots earmarked for the Yankees sit empty.
What i don't understand though, is if there aren't as many parking spots as they are asking for to begin with, how could they even be asking for that many? It just doesn't make sense to me. You mention that in the article but I just... meh. I get it they're trying to maximize their side but like come on now
He just explained that's not the issue. They're using the number because it's there. The real hold up is are any spots guaranteed or not.
Which is currently at 600. And now the yankees are pushing for more, I get that. I... I don't know what I don't understand, but if y'all understand it then good, hope it gets solved either way.
Let me see if i can clarify this for you. The number of parking spots is not relevant. We could be working with 1000 spots. The Yankees currently do not have any guaranteed number of spots but that is what they now want.
The higher the number of guaranteed spots the better for them (of course), but as Soup said, they would likely take a lower number if it's legally written into a contract vs a higher number based on a handshake deal.
The Yankees want the guaranteed potential of maybe making a little extra parking garage money about twice a year, so that means we can't have a stadium unless they get their way.
Incredible work. Really good reporting. One thing I took from it is that when the garages were built, they were planning on having a certain number of spots each. But after the construction, they actually had a number that was smaller. And it seems to be the difference in this number that is the hold-up. Surely there's a way to work around that. This almost seems like it's a giant misunderstanding, and now everyone is playing chicken with each other over it.
To be clear, unless I'm wrong the Yankees themselves don't actually make money on the parking. The authority that runs the lot makes that money.
When he said that in the broadcast last night, I definitely thought he was mentioning you lol
Or rather loses money, as in gazillions every year
It sounds like the Yankees are acting like they are concerned they won't have enough spots for the biggest games when more people drive like Opening Day, the Subway Series, and the playoffs. Which basically means they just want another concession. The idea that this thing is dead -- over this -- seems fanciful to me. This so clearly seems to be brinkmanship negotiating.
So they are worried about the 4 times a year when they sellout their dying sport?
Has anyone ever had a problem parking at Yankee stadium? I’m talking about for a Yankee game.
Between the subway and Uber, this sounds like a 2009 solution for a 2009 problem.
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