Monday, April 05, 2004
Yankees, Mets Pitch City on New Stadiums
The new (April 5-11) issue of Crain's New York Business (sorry, no link) reports that in the wake of New York's offer of $600 million towards the cost of the New York Jets' planned $1.4 billion facility, the Yankees and Mets have dusted off their stadium proposals and are back knocking on the mayor's door, hat in hand.
The Yankees are talking with their investment banker, Goldman Sachs, about building a new stadium in Macombs Dam Park that would include a "Yankee Village" of restaurants, bars, shops and other amenities designed to keep fans from fleeing the neighborhood after the last pitch. Their proposal is "far more complicated and more expensive" than the Mets' proposal, according to one anonymous insider; the Mets just want money for parking, ramps and other infrastructure. Both clubs are upset that the Jets, who left Shea Stadium for the Meadowlands 20 years ago, got their hands into New York's collective wallet before they could.
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The new (April 5-11) issue of Crain's New York Business (sorry, no link) reports that in the wake of New York's offer of $600 million towards the cost of the New York Jets' planned $1.4 billion facility, the Yankees and Mets have dusted off their stadium proposals and are back knocking on the mayor's door, hat in hand.
The Yankees are talking with their investment banker, Goldman Sachs, about building a new stadium in Macombs Dam Park that would include a "Yankee Village" of restaurants, bars, shops and other amenities designed to keep fans from fleeing the neighborhood after the last pitch. Their proposal is "far more complicated and more expensive" than the Mets' proposal, according to one anonymous insider; the Mets just want money for parking, ramps and other infrastructure. Both clubs are upset that the Jets, who left Shea Stadium for the Meadowlands 20 years ago, got their hands into New York's collective wallet before they could.
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