N.Y. Officials Demand Free Luxury Suites At New Ballparks
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N.Y. Officials Want Access
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N.Y. officials have "demand[ed] free luxury suites and first dibs on the best available seats" at both Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium, according to Halbfinger & Santos of the N.Y. TIMES. New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said that the perks "were negotiated in secret and that the city had yet to explain ... why they were necessary and how they will be paid for." It also remains "unclear where the luxury suites will be located, how the perks will be distributed, and whether any public records will be kept of who uses them." N.Y. Economic Development Corp. President Seth Pinsky said that the perks "were meant to be used to entertain visiting dignitaries and to reward city workers, but that it would be up to the mayor's office to set up a policy for how to dole them out and ensure that it wasn't abused." Halbfinger & Santos note "nearly every other local or state government entity that has financed a stadium or arena in recent years has held on to a suite or some other perk for its officials." Suites at Citi Field cost $275,000-500,000 a year, while suites at the new Yankee Stadium are $600,000-850,000 a year. The city does have one suite at Shea Stadium, but "has never had a suite at Yankee stadium." In addition to the free suites, the city will be allowed to buy at face value "up to 145 tickets to every Mets home game and up to 180 to every Yankees home game" at least a day before they are available to the public (N.Y. TIMES, 9/16).
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