August 11, 2005
Jets woo Giants, Queens woos Jets
Matt Futterman of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that the New York Jets are getting serious about plans to share a new stadium with the Giants in New Jersey, proposing a 90,000-seat facility next to the existing Giants Stadium. The Giants have previously expressed an interest in sharing a new building - and its estimated $800 million construction cost - with the Jets. (The state of New Jersey has offered free land and $30 million in infrastructure costs.)
Meanwhile, Queens borough president Helen Marshall has scheduled an August 23 meeting with the Jets to talk about luring the team to her borough. Somewhere in her borough. With somebody paying for it. Somehow. Hey, all her powers were taken away, she's got to do something with her time.
