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June 10, 2005
Stadium loss is a win-win
Forbes
by Dan Ackman
Ackman points out that the stadium plan was a liability to the Olympic bid:
But the way to win the Olympics is not to impress the IOC with how much the Olympics will do for the host city; it's to convince them how much the host city will do for the Olympics.
Here's a point that detractors to Ratner's arena proposal take seriously:
In recent years, developers have grabbed every available site to build. If the rail yards were made available for other uses, developers would build there, too. Not a stadium, but someone would build something.
Posted by lumi at June 10, 2005 6:34 AM