Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

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.....according to NY1.

There goes the Olympics and there goes Super Bowl XLV. I hope Cablevision likes it's condos in nowhereland!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTop ... ntid=49365

[wineturtle]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

You can bet no afforable housing will go up on this site,and even if some is set aside it will not be affordable to the lowest wage earners who need it the most.
I have hope that some of the Bid2012 staff moves to other semi-city agencies like New York Sports Federation, Randalls Island Sports Fed,etc. and continues to promote NY as a sports destination.
With plans in place for venue rehab and new construction lets hope some sites are built "for the general good" of the city even if it's not Olympic driven.

[26mi235]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

Go figure, land in NYC is more valuable as high-denisty housing than as a sports stadium.

[Jacksf]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

NYC doesn't need the Olympics or a stadium.

[15mph]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

I guess that is good news for NJ and the Meadowlands.

[Noo Yawkah]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

Youse guys gotta be kiddin'. Doncha know it ain't over till it's over.

The Cablevision bid is not helpful to the stadium proponents, but if you think they're just going to shrug their shoulders and say "ok, we lost," you don't know them very well. The antis may yet prevail, but they haven't won it yet.

[MJR]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

The MTA is not bound to take the highest bidder in this case, but is required to consider the most appropriate and best use of the resources that they are selling. The Jets will win this bid. Cablevision is also risking getting pounded by the Mayor and Governor to the point where their illegal monopoly of cable tv subscribers (the only thing that company makes money on anymore) in the NY suburbs will be taken away from them in retaliation for interfering in this process.

Here is a wonderful article on the subject where James Dolan gets called "the scourage of NY sports" and "chairman, president and chief executive officer of the lucky sperm society".

http://www.newsday.com/sports/printedit ... orts-print

[15mph]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

The stadium is not going to be built. New York football is still the property of New Jersey.

[einnod23]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

I have Time Warner Cable, due to the area in Brooklyn that I'm in. I have friends who have Cablevision, and it stinks.

I haven't been getting MSG and Fox Sports for the past 3 weeks due to Cablevision's feud w/Time Warner.

There were plenty of alternative offers to Cablevision in the stadium battle. And Dole Man turned them all down. A buyout of the Garden by the Jets....turned down! An offer by the City to build a new Garden on the Post Office grounds (Feds want to get rid of that building QUICK!)....turned down!

Due to a selfish CEO, All hopes for an Olympic bid, Super Bowl and Final Four are right down the drain!!!!!!!!!

[gh]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

<<Due to a selfish CEO,....>>

I hate it when people get redundant.

[MJR]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

He's still mad Steinbrenner wouldn't sell him the Yankees, so he kept them off TV for months, and he lost to Woody Johnson (gotta be one of the greatest porn names of all-time) when the Jets were sold by the Hess family.

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Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

....but the tide at MTA Headquarters may be turning.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/ ... 2317c.html

Prediction: If the Jets do win this bid, look for a New York upset win over frontrunner Paris for the Olympic bid. You heard it here!!!!!!!!

[sluhtaf]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

Sorry, but i don't think NYC 2012 is gonna happen. The IOC has put 3 Olympics in North America in a 14-year span (Atlanta 96, Salt Lake 02, Vancouver 2010) and two in Europe (Athens 04 and Torino 06). Couple that with the casual anti-Americanism of the mostly European IOC and the Olympics, like football did in Euro 96 to England, are coming home to France.

[tandfman]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/nyreg ... r=homepage

[einnod23]

Re: Cablevision outbids the Jets.....

>Sorry, but i don't think NYC 2012 is gonna happen. The IOC has put 3 Olympics
>in North America in a 14-year span (Atlanta 96, Salt Lake 02, Vancouver 2010)
>and two in Europe (Athens 04 and Torino 06). Couple that with the casual
>anti-Americanism of the mostly European IOC and the Olympics, like football did
>in Euro 96 to England, are coming home to France.

Belive it or not, I think the Jets' winning of this bid may open some IOC eyes, and change some hearts and votes. And as the time counts down to July, it may be closer than one may think.

But if NYC doesn't get the bid, I'll take the Jets, Super Bowl XLV and a Final Four. 3 outta four ain't bad!