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Who’ll Really Pay For What In Cuomo’s New $105M Islanders LIRR Station Plan? | Gothamist

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Neil deMause

The New York Islanders owners’ plans for a new billion-dollar-plus arena complex alongside Belmont Park in Nassau County took a major lurch forward on Monday, as Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intent to build the Long Island Rail Road station … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Commuter Rail, Hockey, Stadiums and Arenas

The Madman Theory Of The Montreal/Tampa Bay Rays | Deadspin

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Neil deMause

Any self-respecting student of insane Machiavellian gambits should be familiar with the Madman Theory, Richard Nixon’s self-invented strategy for winning the war in Vietnam. The theory, as recounted by Nixon chief of staff H.R. Haldeman after he got out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas

Pay-To-Play Is The Stadium Grift That Keeps On Giving | Deadspin

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Neil deMause

Sometime in the next few days, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb—aka the guy who took Mike Pence’s job when Pence ascended to the Old Executive Office Building—is expected to sign a bill extending the Indiana Pacers’ lease in Indianapolis through 2044. … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Stadiums and Arenas

The 7 Laws Of Vaportecture, Stadium Art’s Fever Dream | Deadspin

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Neil deMause

For sports team owners seeking new stadiums or arenas—which is to say, for sports team owners—there are certain tools of the trade at their disposal for convincing fans and politicians to support (and pay for) a new building. They have … Continue reading →

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Is The New $1 Billion NY Islanders Development About To Get Amazon’d? | Gothamist

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Neil deMause

Even as the New York Islanders confuse their fans with plans to play some home playoff games in Nassau County and some in Brooklyn, the team’s ownership has been quietly moving ahead with plans to build a new arena halfway … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Hockey, Long Island, Stadiums and Arenas

How A Mythical Soccer Stadium Became Queens’ Biggest Political Futbol | Gothamist

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Neil deMause

Willets Point, the warren of auto-repair shops that for generations sat on a muddy peninsula between the Mets’ ballpark and Flushing Creek, has been targeted for an overhaul ever since “the Mets’ ballpark” still meant Shea Stadium. When the Bloomberg … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Queens, Redevelopment, Soccer, Stadiums and Arenas

Amazon’s Ransom Vs. Stadium Deals: Which Is Worse? | Deadspin

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Neil deMause

Four billion dollars, I think we can all agree, is a lot of money. It’s more than the combined annual budgets of Barbados, Bermuda, and Belize. It’s enough to buy a few dozen private Caribbean islands. It’s two Giancarlo Stantons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Corporate Subsidies, Stadiums and Arenas

What If NYC Evicted Madison Square Garden? | Gothamist

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Neil deMause

Now that the Knicks have finally gotten their latest season of misery underway — they had a bit of a speed bump in beating the Hawks on opening night, but the Nets, Celtics, and Bucks soon restored order to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, New York City, Stadiums and Arenas, Traffic and Transit

What Can We Learn From Four Stadium Deals That Don’t Suck? | Deadspin

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Neil deMause

Whenever professional economists are asked about stadium and arena deals, they invariably explain, for the hundredth time, that these “almost never” work out to the benefit of the public. (Look, here are a bunch saying so just a few weeks … Continue reading →

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The Stadium Scam Goes Minor-League, And It Has An Unlikely Ally | Deadspin

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Neil deMause

When the state of Rhode Island offered up $38 million in June to the owners of the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox toward a new stadium, it seemed likely to be the first step on the road to a replacement for … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Development, Stadiums and Arenas

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