tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536233956609795983.post5107682248676835865..comments2023-05-24T05:58:25.983-04:00Comments on Juniper Park Patriots: Bowling for Tax DollarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536233956609795983.post-67987063057199292352008-06-20T00:45:00.000-04:002008-06-20T00:45:00.000-04:00Bowling is a white trash sport.Bowling is a white trash sport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536233956609795983.post-51573437213079290992008-06-17T21:36:00.000-04:002008-06-17T21:36:00.000-04:00Oops... forgot some zerosCity gave (out of our poc...Oops... forgot some zeros<BR/><BR/>City gave (out of our pockets) the Mets and Yanks over $1 BILLION<BR/><BR/>Plus money for Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island team..we built their stadiums.<BR/><BR/>Ironically the only sports investment that has returned money to NYC is the tennis center at Flushing Meadows. The tournament brings in outside tax dollars yearly as well as hotel rooms, etc. It is a rare instance of success but even then our tax dollars should not have gone there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-536233956609795983.post-53737623440206620612008-06-17T19:15:00.000-04:002008-06-17T19:15:00.000-04:00First it was totally wrong for Rudy and Mike to gi...First it was totally wrong for Rudy and Mike to give the Mets/Yankees over $1,000PLUS hundreds of millions of extras such as parking garages paid by the public, etc. Stadiums NEVER generate good paying jobs or community investments equal to the public cost of same.<BR/><BR/>Let the teams pay for their own stadiums AND then pay real estate taxes. Ball teams are a business. If they had to do this, they'd likely end up paying spoiled athletes less. If they sink on the costs, tough.<BR/><BR/>Bowling is a business. The alley owner could raise prices enough to make money if bowlers were willing to pay the high costs. Otherwise, tough luck. Or become creative and suggest that some shopping center owners consider alleys in the basements (it would bring people to center) or atop parking garages, etc. Still, it would have to be a viable business.<BR/><BR/>While we're at it.. no money for the Nets and withdraw the money for Madison Square Garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com