Brooklyn Islanders

[Blitty]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=386530

If they move there permanently, I will be couch surfing at Boner's pad. A LOT.

 

[Boner_18]

Should be good. Someone told me that the arena couldnt fit a rink. LIAR!

Season tickets.. Lets dooooo it.

 

[fiveteamer]

Nassau voters rejected a $400 million referendum last year for a new arena.

Public funds should never be used to build arenas or stadiums to house professional athletics.

 

[FairWarning]

Nassau voters rejected a $400 million referendum last year for a new arena.

Public funds should never be used to build arenas or stadiums to house professional athletics.

Why not? Look at all the jobs a stadium creates? Even better if they get a cut of parking/concessions.

 

[fiveteamer]

I'm not sure if you're serious...

 

[Archie]

bring back the dodgers!

 

[Matty]

Why not?

Cause all it does is eliminate all risk for a slimy private owner who can probably afford to build and profitably operate the thing himself.

People complain about the rich getting richer but they're willingly contributing to it when they allow massive leaks of public funds like this.

 

[Archie]

Pirates owners got their park built with tax dollars. What a swindle.

Pirates owners got it figured out, swindle the city and state, swindle the fans, swindle MLB. they are making money hand over fist. Wouldn't have happened in Three Rivers Stadium

 

[fiveteamer]

Corporate welfare at its finest.

 

[plommer]

Fukkin Americans FOR corporate handouts while the slimy Socialist canucks are against it.

Gamelive never ceases to amaze.

 

[FairWarning]

I don't complain about the rich getting richer, I'm for the 1%.

 

[Matty]

My name is Matt and I. Am. SortOfALibertarian.

 

[fiveteamer]

Can't tell if FW is serious or not.

 

[Boner_18]

Three things:
1. Fw is right.
2. Matty I used to claim to be a libertarian, then I became a realist.
3. There is so much corporate finance/municipal finance fail in this thread.

 

[Matty]

I'm not even sure what a Libertarian is, I just like the fact that they're all a bit kooky.

Good thread.

 

[rito]

Sweet place they play in now.

 

[roguejuror]

Can't tell if FW is serious or not.

He is.

 

[Blitty]

Sweet place they play in now.

I went last year. Not as bad on inside as it looks on outside.