(08-02-2018, 10:19 AM)FBT Wrote:

(08-02-2018, 09:40 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Bumping this old thread with some updated shipyards proposals:

https://twitter.com/TDickman89/status/10...7820840961

https://twitter.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1...5199696896

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Putting the convention center in the heart of the shipyards project is a terrific idea as it will consolidate a lot of activity in that area.  The Prime Osborne is so remote from the rest of downtown that it's not conducive to any peripheral activities.  No hotel, and no real life out there to make it viable to host larger events.

Agreed completely about the Convention Center being moved there.

The thing that bugs me about the lack of progress on the shipyards development is the cleanup costs.

I seem to recall (and I may be wrong-if so I welcome correction) an estimated cost of about $30-35 million. 

Fully acknowledging I am either talking about Shad Khan's money or the taxpayers', that doesn't seem like much when compared to the potential benefits a Shipyards development would bring.  Whether it's taxes paid by construction workers who help build the thing or the subsequent traffic downtown-auto and pedestrian-and the money spent there, I can't believe that sum of money is stopping or even delaying this.  I would be more inclined to think parking would be the bigger issue, since that's what doomed the Landing.

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