Field of Schemes: If we don't build it, you'll still pay

March 10, 2003

If we don't build it, you'll still pay

New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon says he doesn't intend to seek city subsidies for a new stadium right now: "The economy is such that we don't think it's realistic to even ask for a ballpark at this very moment." City subsidies for not building a stadium, now that's another story: in a deal approved in the waning days of the Giuliani administration, the Mets and Yankees are getting $5 million a year apiece from the city to fund "planning" for new buildings, even if they never get built.

COMMENTS

Shea is pricless, i love it, i am a huge mts fan and to see shea go would be sad
Posted by: Eric at January 14, 2005 11:14 AM

Shea is pricless, i love it, i am a huge mets fan and would be sad to see shea go!
Posted by: Eric at January 14, 2005 11:15 AM