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last edited by BillSeitz on Sep 1, 2008 9:43 pm

being discussed for the [West Side] of . Would be a new home for the Jets football team (now in [NJ]), and a key part of the 2012 bid.

I'm against both the stadium and the bid.

The decision will be made July6'2005.

Olympics bid booster site: http://www.nyc2012.com/

Stadium booster site: http://www.westsidestadium.org or http://www.westsidestadium.com

Site protesting stadium.

Site protesting stadium, olympics, and other related stupid development plans.

Opposed by (owned by [Cable Vision]).

The stadium site land is actually owned by the .

[Brian Hatch]'s site - he's in favor of the , but wants it to stay in Queens.

[Jim Knipfel] suggests making it a .

[Matthew Callahan] writes In March 2004, the Post reported that the Olympics' estimated cost of $3.6 billion, as calculated by the city, did not include the Jets arena, an Olympic Village in Long Island City and myriad other yet-to-be-built facilities that would push the cost past $12 billion. (The official figure was grudgingly adjusted to $7.2 billion.) New York's true financial commitment remains a mystery, since Mayor Bloomberg refuses to release the official agreement he submitted to the [IOC] on November 15.

The [IOC] visit to will be Feb20.

Retired- member [George Mitchell] is the arbitrator resolving site property valuation disputes.

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