J-E-T-S! JetsJetsJets!

[gofaster]

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki today joined by civic, industry and community leaders to announce New York City's Convention Corridor, a historic plan to transform and modernize New York City's convention industry. The Convention Corridor will include the expansion of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to 42nd Street in two phases, the first phase expanding south to 33rd Street and north to 40th Street, including a 1,500-room headquarters hotel. The first phase will include the creation of the New York Sports and Convention Center, a new multi-purpose facility that will double as a 75,000-seat stadium and a 200,000 square foot exhibit hall - home to the New York Jets, and possibly the 2012 Olympics. The Convention Corridor will double convention center capacity, enabling New York City to vie for hundreds of events - and millions of dollars in economic activity - now lost to other cities.

Its about time NYC got its head out of its tailpipe.

The New Jersey Giants belong in the Meadowlands.  The Jets were just renters.

[Frogm4n]

MORE STADIUMS LESS SCHOOLS!!!!

[lasersailor184]

I'm going to have to go with Frogman on this one.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.


I'm going to have to go with frogman on this one.

Hmm.  It's not just me, saying that just sounds wierd.

[Frogm4n]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
I'm going to have to go with Frogman on this one.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.


I'm going to have to go with frogman on this one.

Hmm.  It's not just me, saying that just sounds wierd.

I think crazy liberals and crazy conservitives can all agree that wouldnt shouldnt use tax dollars to fund private sport franchises that are worth billions.

[gofaster]

Convention Centers create income for the city, a city which, if I believe the hype, is suffering from a drop-off in tourism.

Tampa built a convention center and it stays booked up solid. In fact, the city is looking to expand it so that it can bring in more business.  The Convention Center is the cornerstone of a plan the city has to re-do the downtown warehouse sector, with the Florida Aquarium and the Ice Palace/St. Pete Times Forum anchoring the other corners.

We also used tax dollars to build the new Bucs stadium, which does pretty steady bookings with stuff other than Bucs football games (Outback Bowl and USF Bulls come to mind).  The stadium parking lot is also used for small circuses and the county fair.  Of course, in my opinion, the Glazer Family pushed to have a perfectly good stadium torn down to build the new one and that just wasn't proper.  But money talks.

[VWE]

JETS - "JUST END THE SEASON"

[bigsky]

Originally posted by Frogm4n
MORE STADIUMS LESS SCHOOLS!!!!

the jets are a high school team.

[Frogm4n]

Originally posted by bigsky
the jets are a high school team.

Oh yea my bad.