[quote]March 3, 2005 -- WHAT, exactly, was Mayor Bloomberg thinking when he said the other day he'd "consider" building a new Jets stadium in Queens rather than in Manhattan?
While there are good arguments for and against building the New York Sports and Convention Center on the far West Side above the MTA rail yard, there is no good argument for building it in Willets Point, near Shea Stadium.
An NFL stadium, after all, is used for football only 10 days a year. The whole point of building one in Manhattan is to use it as a convention/exhibition/entertainment venue the other 355 days — letting its facilities and extra space supplement those at the Javits Center next door.
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True. True.
As much as I would like to see a stadium outside of NJ, Queens just does not make sense.
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jake · 2005-03-03
[quote]March 3, 2005 -- WHAT, exactly, was Mayor Bloomberg thinking when he said the other day he'd "consider" building a new Jets stadium in Queens rather than in Manhattan? While there are good arguments for and against building the New York Sports and Convention Center on the far West Side above the MTA rail yard, there is no good argument for building it in Willets Point, near Shea Stadium. An NFL stadium, after all, is used for football only 10 days a year. The whole point of building one in Manhattan is to use it as a convention/exhibition/entertainment venue the other 355 days — letting its facilities and extra space supplement those at the Javits Center next door. [/quote] True. True. As much as I would like to see a stadium outside of NJ, Queens just does not make sense. JakeMike considers Queens?
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