NASCAR Awards Ceremony

Are we talking in raw number of viewers or percentage of television sets, because there is a difference.

 

Well, yeah, BYH. There's a reason most NYC Republicans (Molinaris, line 1) are exiled there.

 

Ahh, but A) It's not the media hub of the universe and B) it bring NASCAR to a place it doesn't otherwise go, so that opens up other media opportunities.

 

IMO, Staten Island's a horrible place for a track. Why not New Joisey, like Meadowlands-adjacent?

 

ISC tried the Meadowlands angle, but the Jersey folks didn't take the bait -- weren't at all interested. Weren't they talking about building some other stuff there at one point (shopping/hotels), and now I'd say all the Jeresey focus is on the new stadium for the Jints/Jets. Meadowlands would, I agree, have made much more sense than Staten Island for a track - but unless something changes it's apparently not an option.

 

Put it in Brooklyn next to the arena being built for the Nets.

 

Staten Island makes perfect sense, especially where I understand they wanna put it -- on undeveloped land, near the Jersey bridges. It's not going in Richmond or anything.

 

ISC already bought the land some time ago.

 

"Dickie, they've already built the rink!!!"

 

And now, it turns out, ISC is trying to sell the land. So long Staten Island, hello who knows where.

http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/12/04/scene_daily8.html

 

And that's $150M down the toilet. Anybody have a buyer for just under 700 acres of Staten Island?

 

Will they accept a trade? I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that I'm looking to unload.