March 29, 2004
Bloomberg: Cablevision doesn't want Jets stadium
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg went on an expected tirade yesterday against Cablevision, owners of the Knicks, Rangers and Madison Square Garden, saying that the cable company is opposing his planned Jets West Side stadium for fear of competition for events. "The biggest guys that are making a fuss here, are plain and simple, Cablevision -- the Dolans," the mayor told Newsday. "It is an outrage that you let your own personal economics, or economic interests stop a major project in this city."
Bloomberg went on to say that he'd be willing to renovate Madison Square Garden, which Newsday notes is "one of the NBA's oldest arenas," but fails to note got a $200 million facelift in the late 1980s, for which Cablevision has already been paid more than $200 million in tax breaks.
