Steve WHY DON’T YOU BUY LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 126TH STREET AND DEVELOP THAT THEN
You know what else would be nice? A soccer stadium, but it seems whoever has the rights to the Citi Field parking lot hasn’t yet agreed to let the soccer fans park.
Maybe you could build tiered parking and top it with some playgrounds or cycling areas or a nice pond….why does it have to be a casino? The only thing Mets fans want to do after a game is go to a casino where the house always wins and you’re the house? As Gary Cohen might say, “Get outta here!”
“There’s nothing going on. The only thing you can do at Citi Field is get your hubcap changed or maybe get back a catalytic converter,” he said Wednesday during the closing session of Sportico’s Invest in Sports conference. “The way I would describe it is 50 acres of cement.”
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Cohen also is thinking about changes inside Citi Field.
“We’ve done some investing in ballparks and trying to create a fan experience people are excited about. I have tons of ideas I want to implement,” he said. “You can’t spend an unlimited amount of money, so you’ve got to budget. And also, dealing with the underinvestment that I had to deal with coming in. I call it the money pit.”
Cohen bought the team from the Wilpon and Katz families in a deal valued at $2.4 billion.
“I felt like this was like an unpolished gem and if I could turn this sucker around, it would be really cool,” he said. (via ESPN)
