Baseball Guru
07-04-2001, 03:40 PM
Mets and Yankees Seek $300 Million
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees and the Mets are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in transit improvements from the state as part of their efforts to build new stadiums in the Bronx and Queens, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Officials from both teams have been negotiating with Gov. George Pataki's administration in recent weeks for a total of about $300 million in improvements for subway stations and highway ramps.
Pataki has said he is opposed to using taxpayer money to build stadiums, but has said he would be willing to help with transportation improvements.
''I don't believe that state dollars should go into stadiums themselves,'' Pataki said last week. ''I think that's something for the private owners of the Yankees or Mets. If the city wants to be supportive, they can, but what we've said time and again is that we would be supportive with infrastructure.''
There has been speculation that a deal to build the stadiums would be announced either Wednesday or during the break for baseball's All-Star game next week.
Mets officials, who disclosed plans for a domed 45,000-seat stadium three years ago, are asking for about $100 million in roadwork and renovations to the Shea Stadium subway station on the No. 7 line, The Times said. The new stadium would be built in the parking lot next to the present stadium.
The Yankees have talked to state officials recently about plans to build a new stadium in a public park north of the existing stadium in the Bronx. The team's request for a Metro-North train station, parking garages and various highway improvements would cost about $200 million, one state official told The Times.
''The only talks that have taken place with the state are about infrastructure needs for Yankee Stadium and the new Shea,'' said Charles Gargano, chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation. ''We're not in the business of building stadiums with taxpayer money. If infrastructure improvements would help the stadiums and the general public, that's what we'll do.''
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees and the Mets are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in transit improvements from the state as part of their efforts to build new stadiums in the Bronx and Queens, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Officials from both teams have been negotiating with Gov. George Pataki's administration in recent weeks for a total of about $300 million in improvements for subway stations and highway ramps.
Pataki has said he is opposed to using taxpayer money to build stadiums, but has said he would be willing to help with transportation improvements.
''I don't believe that state dollars should go into stadiums themselves,'' Pataki said last week. ''I think that's something for the private owners of the Yankees or Mets. If the city wants to be supportive, they can, but what we've said time and again is that we would be supportive with infrastructure.''
There has been speculation that a deal to build the stadiums would be announced either Wednesday or during the break for baseball's All-Star game next week.
Mets officials, who disclosed plans for a domed 45,000-seat stadium three years ago, are asking for about $100 million in roadwork and renovations to the Shea Stadium subway station on the No. 7 line, The Times said. The new stadium would be built in the parking lot next to the present stadium.
The Yankees have talked to state officials recently about plans to build a new stadium in a public park north of the existing stadium in the Bronx. The team's request for a Metro-North train station, parking garages and various highway improvements would cost about $200 million, one state official told The Times.
''The only talks that have taken place with the state are about infrastructure needs for Yankee Stadium and the new Shea,'' said Charles Gargano, chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation. ''We're not in the business of building stadiums with taxpayer money. If infrastructure improvements would help the stadiums and the general public, that's what we'll do.''
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