Gothamist: Inching Towards NASCAR in NYC

c.w.

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 08:55:28 -0500

Staten Island will now officially be the home of gittin' er' done.

Tim N.

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 07:14:51 -0500

Effect... what's your secret? I'll gladly sit at your knee with pad and pencil if you will reveal Richmond County's Stadium-busting wisdom...

hick killa

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:41:54 -0500

we niggas be runnin shit

bbcuebert

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:05:39 -0500

Man, I ate at my first Cracker Barrel recently and what mighty fine breakfasts they serve. And that hashbrown casserole thing? Delish! Been craving their sourdough toast ever since. Maddening!

janine

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 15:26:50 -0500

Anything that keeps the tourists off the streets and away from Ground Zero is okay with me. It's like a venus fly trap attracting the worst of our visitors. I say we build a Cracker Barrel next door. (I'd never say tourists go home; we need their money, particularly our working-class residents)

toyochin

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:01:20 -0500

Appropriate that NYC's one GOP-voting borough would get a NASCAR track, no?

Jack

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:54:43 -0500

I have an idea! Let's just name Staten Island "Stadium Island". Yankees, Mets, Jets, Giants, Knicks, Nets, Rangers, Islanders, NASCAR, etc... The whole lot of them. Let's build a ultra mega facility JUST for sports on that island. And then take all of the displaced Staten Islanders and offer them housing options in NYC in the areas where the old stadiums used to be.

effert

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:46:19 -0500

Don't forget the obstacle of no one on Staten Island wanting the track here. While Manhattanites may allow their elected officials to cram silly stadium projects down their throats, Staten Islanders do not usually allow this sort of treatment. We already have a baseball stadium that they said would be used throughout the year (for concerts and events) and still sits useless and empty from October to June. Sorry, hickcar ain’t gonna happen here.

Kojak

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 11:31:52 -0500

I'll hold back my redneck jokes until they can prove New York is as large a market as they say it is for NASCAR. I do watch it myself from time to time, but mostly to see them crash.