N.Y. Daily News: Gonzalez: Taxpayers will fund Yankees’ VIP parking, NYC gets less money
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N.Y. Daily News: Gonzalez: Taxpayers will fund Yankees’ VIP parking, NYC gets less money Cripes...I’d give my left kinney for free valet parking at Yankee Stadium! The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers. The startling revelation of yet another subsidy for the richest team in baseball is buried deep in the fine print of a $237 million tax-exempt bond offering that city officials quietly issued the week before Christmas. The documents say a $70 million state subsidy for parking improvements for ...
Parking At The New Stadium? You May Need A Loan
WasWatching.com —
Unless, of course, you're a VIP. From the Daily News:
The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers.
The startling revelation of yet another subsidy for the richest team in baseball is buried deep in the fine print of a $237 million tax-exempt bond offering that city officials quietly issued the week before Christmas.
The documents say a $70 million state subsidy for parking improvements for the new Yankee Stadium (slated to open next year) has been ...
Bronx Banter: The Awful Truth
Baseball Toaster —
So far, it seems as if there is nothing affordable about the new Yankee Stadium. Juan Gonzalez has the latest in the Daily News. In 2008, Hank Steinbrenner emerged as new voice of the Yankees. He's good for a quote, though he's got some big shoes to fill. Speaking of Old Lions, dig this quote from Darryl F Zanuck, "The Last Movie Tycoon:" "We had a great preview up to the last ten minutes. Then the bottom dropped out. It ended on a laugh and it was no comedy. The preview cards were average, mostly marked fair, but gave us no clues to the ending. (God, how I hate audiences.) ...
Taxpayers will fund Yankees' VIP parking
SportsFilter —
Taxpayers will fund Yankees' VIP parking : Yet another perk, compliments of the richest team in sports and the taxpayers of New York. ...
Yankees About to Fleece Their Fans…
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... Juan Gonzalez of the NY Daily News checks in with this really disgraceful report about the Yankees. With the new Yankee Stadium opening after this season, there will be some new parking features at the new stadium as well. Among those features is a VIP valet parking garage for all the Yankee exec’s and their buddies. And guess who is footing the bill? The taxpayers of NYC. What…you expect Hal to pay for a parking garage and a $200 million payroll? Come on….. ...
Parking the next aspect of the Great Stadium Swindle
River Avenue Blues —
... Via Juan Gonzalez at The Daily News comes word that taxpayers are going to fund Yankee employee parking at the new stadium. Say what? ...
Yankee Fans if you aren't a VIP don't drive to the game
Sportsfrog.com —
So the city and state is getting fucked around a little on another stadium deal. Wha else is new? When will the government learn they can't negotiate a contract?
The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers.
Game-day parking prices for the general public will more than double from $14 last year to $29 in 2010. They could hit $35 by 2014. You have to find some extra elt to pay for A-Rod.
New Yankees Private Garage To Cost State $70M
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... Our favorite is the taxpayer-funded $70M, 660-car valet parking garage. The best part: ALL the spaces are reserved for the Yankees and their guests, 24 hours-a-day. Oh yeah, the Yankees will get 120 additional free spots on gameday for city cops, while parking cost for fans will be $29 per game - and is expected to rise to $34 per game by 2014 ...
Bronx Boondoggle
ShysterBall —
Your tax dollars at work, New Yorkers: The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers. The startling revelation of yet another subsidy for the richest team in ...
Parking at New Yankee Stadium
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
From Juan Gonzalez of the NY Daily News: The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers. The startling revelation of yet another subsidy for the richest team in baseball is buried deep in the fine print of a $237 million tax-exempt bond offering that city officials quietly issued the week before Christmas. The documents say a $70 million state subsidy for parking improvements for the new Yankee Stadium (slated to open next year) has been earmarked for a new 660-car valet ...
Back to work
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... that the group slated to build the parking lots and garages for the new Stadium has a prior history of defaulting on bond payments. In a separate entry, reporter Juan Gonzalez unearths the fact that the city's taxpayers will be funding free valet parking at the Stadium for the Yankees and their VIPs over the next 40 years. Gonzalez adds: The total cost of the parking expansion project has zoomed to $340 million - $80 million more than city officials announced only eight months ago Game-day parking prices for the general public will more than double from $14 last ...
Yankee Fans Should Leave Their Cars at Home in 2009
FanHouse —
... As part of the financing for the new ballpark, New York has floated bonds to pay for new garages and other refurbishments around the stadium. One of those garages isn't for fans coming to watch the Yankees play, however, as the New York Daily News' Juan Gonzalez found when he examined a new bond offering. ...
Random tidbits of a Wednesday morning
umpbump.com —
... 2. What with all the Roger Clemens coverage, the NFL playoffs, and this little election-thingy going on right now, you might have missed this story, but the new Yankee Stadium is going to cost New York taxpayers a pretty penny— ...
Yankees: Give Us $350M or We Cant Complete Stadium?
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
... The Yankees announced earlier this year that construction of the stadium would cost an addiitional $300 million more than expected (on top of three parking structures totallying $340 million, repleat with 600 free spaces for Yankee VIPs) . The team is also the most valuable American sports franchise, and forth most valuable in the world, according to Forbes. The Yankees brand, alone, is worth $217 million and has increased in value 44 percent the past three years. ...
