Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collectively Bargain?

Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by misterbowfinger on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:18PM (#16216561)

Just a small counterpoint - the United Center in Chicago was supposed to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood, but in practice drove it down to the ground. Same deal with Yankee Stadium and Citi Field in New York.

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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by keepper on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @02:51PM (#16216947)

The area around Shea stadium/Citi field was always an industrial area... Re-zoning hasn't happened. ( Shea Stadium was built in the 60s )

The area around Yankee Stadium has always been a vibrant community. Yankee stadium was built in the 1920's

Not sure that you are a new yorker with those two statements... Shea stadium was never re-zoned, so re-vitalization was never its intended goal... Yankee stadium surrounding area has gone thru the usual cycles every other nyc neighborhood has, and the stadium location is almost 100 years old!

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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by misterbowfinger on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:21PM (#16217267)

I grew up in New York. Just wanted to add a data point that stadiums don't always "uplift" communities. There's a lot that goes into it.

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Re:Why Don’t the 20 Cities on Amazon's HQ2 Shortlist Collect... by aeorgnoieang on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:03PM (#16217083)

The current Yankee Stadium was built less than a decade ago. The stadium that was built in the '20s is just a block away tho (and now a park).

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