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Re: NY Mets decline to buy naming rights to Willets Pt station |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Mar 12 20:08:26 2009, in response to Re: NY Mets decline to buy naming rights to Willets Pt station, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Mar 12 18:22:53 2009. No one said that it was the Met's job to provide transit. Of course that's the MTA's responsibility. I haven't heard them asking the Mets to pay for subway extras before and after games. That would be wrong.The entrances and exits for the atation are another story. The MTA insists on off-street entrances for major buldings in Manhattan which are partially paid for by building owners, because it makes sense so the sidewalk isn't overly crowded and not wide enough to accommodate the numbers of people using those entrances. Yes, 40,000 people don't use them all at once. but I don't see how that helps your case. If they did, it would only strengthen the MTA's case why an off-street entrance is needed at that building. If you don't think it is wrong for building owners to chip in (maybe they are being given bonuses if they do), why should it be wrong for the Mets to pay for part of the cost to improve the station? Then I would have no objection to naming the station for the Mets or the stadium for free, as a bonus of sorts. |
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