The Independent Budget Association released its analysis of the proposed Jets stadium yesterday, and it turns out they don’t think the city can find 35 new mid-sized conventions to fill the space after eight Jets games and Ozzfest. The Timesreports the Jets responsed with the charge that the IBO was both “pessimitic and inexpert”. And, for once, you know, I might be inclined to agree with them. I don’t think the city really has tried hard enough to determine if they really could do better than 20 (the IBO number) new events a year. If we call go out and find just one potential convention group, I think we could have at least six or seven by the end of the day. Look, I’ll start: out in Aurora, Illinois, there is the American Brush Manufacturers Association, who just had their convention in Ponte Verde, Florida, at the Marriott Sawgrass. And if you mistype their URL, you get the American Mold Builders Association, who have two yearly events, in Cleveland and Key West, in the coming year. I’ll bet the IBO didn’t even consider the AMBA and ABMA. It’s the kind of small minded thinking that will talk yourself out spending $600 million on a stadium. I, for one, am embarrased for my city today.
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Turns out they didn’t think we could steal the ABMA from the Marriott Sawgrass.
The Independent Budget Association released its analysis of the proposed Jets stadium yesterday, and it turns out they don’t think the city can find 35 new mid-sized conventions to fill the space after eight Jets games and Ozzfest. The Times reports the Jets responsed with the charge that the IBO was both “pessimitic and inexpert”. And, for once, you know, I might be inclined to agree with them. I don’t think the city really has tried hard enough to determine if they really could do better than 20 (the IBO number) new events a year. If we call go out and find just one potential convention group, I think we could have at least six or seven by the end of the day. Look, I’ll start: out in Aurora, Illinois, there is the American Brush Manufacturers Association, who just had their convention in Ponte Verde, Florida, at the Marriott Sawgrass. And if you mistype their URL, you get the American Mold Builders Association, who have two yearly events, in Cleveland and Key West, in the coming year. I’ll bet the IBO didn’t even consider the AMBA and ABMA. It’s the kind of small minded thinking that will talk yourself out spending $600 million on a stadium. I, for one, am embarrased for my city today.