New York Sports and Convention Center

The radio and television advertisements that have been flooding the airwaves about the “West Side Stadium” are paid for by cablevision. The “West Side stadium” is also known as the “New York Sports and Convention Center”. Most of the publicity has been focused on the negativity surrounding the possible creation of this stadium. Allow me to take a few moments to address this situation.

It will be a 75,000 seat open air stadium and multi purpose facility. It will be an extension of the Jacob Javits Center and could produce an additional 7,000 jobs. 72 million dollars could also flow into the city through tax revenues. Numerous complaints stem anywhere from increased traffic problems, to the stadium will hurt NYC chance at winning the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personally, I couldn’t be happier if the Olympics did not come here, but the new stadium will only better the city’s chances. Since the stadium will be built in NYC, a major source of transportation will come through the subway.

The New York Jets have offered $800 million dollars of private investment, which should also fight the argument that the stadium is going to cost the citizens of New York City millions in tax dollars.

So where are these advertisements coming from? As stated earlier, Cablevision is responsible for the recent bashing. There motive is that they own Madison Square Garden, the one and only sports venue in New York City. The building of this new stadium will surely draw away sporting events from MSG.

The New York Jets deserve their own stadium. They are a well established franchise and the only one that shares a stadium with another NFL team. Disregard those advertisements and look at the facts….The New York Sports and Convention Center is great for the city, so “Let’s Build It Already.”