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New Yankee Stadium hurts local businesses: Week 2
Field of Schemes —
The New York Times chimes in today on the Yankees' Souvenirgate, noting, as WNYC and WCBS did before them, that local businesses on 161st Street aren't doing so hot now that the New York Yankees Steakhouse and Baseball Stadium is open across the street:
While working in his father's souvenir shop up the block, [Saeed Alawy of Pin Stripe Collectibles] recalled, there was no time to fold the T-shirts before selling them. Customers were lined up three and four deep at the counter yelling out orders and tossing wads of bills. ...
In the Shadow of Yankee Stadium, an Off Year
No Land Grab —
The New York Times
by Patrick McGeehan
The Congressional district surrounding the old Yankee Stadium was the poorest in the country. How has the new Yankee Stadium changed things?
By all reckoning, this should be the moment Saeed Alawy was waiting for. His shop, Pin Stripe Collectibles, sits just beyond the right field wall of the new Yankee Stadium, where Game 6 of the World Series will be played Wednesday night.
But Mr. Alawy and other merchants nearby said they had not benefited from the new stadium. In fact, many said that business was down significantly from previous years — running ...
In the Shadow of Yankee Stadium, an Off Year
No Land Grab —
The New York Times
by Patrick McGeehan
The Congressional district surrounding the old Yankee Stadium was the poorest in the country. How has the new Yankee Stadium changed things?
By all reckoning, this should be the moment Saeed Alawy was waiting for. His shop, Pin Stripe Collectibles, sits just beyond the right field wall of the new Yankee Stadium, where Game 6 of the World Series will be played Wednesday night.
But Mr. Alawy and other merchants nearby said they had not benefited from the new stadium. In fact, many said that business was down significantly from previous years — running ...
Bloomberg's Influence May Be Diminished
City Room —
... for swine flu because their subsidized programs are not located in public schools, but rather in day care centers, churches and community-based organizations. People & Neighborhoods Businesses near the new Yankee stadium say they have not shared in the team’s success this season. [NYT] A group of Brooklyn artists calling themselves the Fixers Collective will ...
In the Shadow of Yankee Stadium, an Off Year
All Bronx News, All the Time ! —
... clipped from www.nytimes.com ...
In the shadow of the new house, local business suffers
River Avenue Blues —
... As the World Series drew to a close nearly two weeks ago, that economic reality was far from the truth, and in Year One, the new stadium had a negative impact on local businesses. As The Times, the ...
