The Belmont Arena: Shovels and Lawsuits, a Long Island Tale

[BMOK33]

The Wilpons are the worst owners in professional sports

My dad claims he has plenty of friends in NY real estate business who have told him the day after Fred is buried Jeff is going to start the process of selling the team. He wants nothing to do with it anymore nor does his brother or sons.

 

[doublechili]

My dad claims he has plenty of friends in NY real estate business who have told him the day after Fred is buried Jeff is going to start the process of selling the team. He wants nothing to do with it anymore nor does his brother or sons.

Steve55 will finally see a shovel in the ground at Willets Point!

 

[The Real JT]

My dad claims he has plenty of friends in NY real estate business who have told him the day after Fred is buried Jeff is going to start the process of selling the team. He wants nothing to do with it anymore nor does his brother or sons.

That will be a sad day but not as sad as some others.

 

[PK Cronin]

That will be a sad day but not as sad as some others.

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Sad day? Depends on if you're the guy in the middle or not.

 

[Isles Junkie]

My dad claims he has plenty of friends in NY real estate business who have told him the day after Fred is buried Jeff is going to start the process of selling the team. He wants nothing to do with it anymore nor does his brother or sons.

From your lips to god's ears.

 

[nycole]

They probably didn't think the project would get this far, and they probably don't have the money

They're waiting to get it back from Bernie Madoff.

 

[periferal]

I heard they tried to wire $17 million but wired only $1700 by mistake. Don't worry, what could go wrong?

No joke - My friends dad was one of the minority investors in the "Gang of 4" days, and knew about that $1,700 payment the day it happened. I remember my friend telling me the story and even being much younger, I was like, "what kind of an idiot thought he could get away with that?"

 

[periferal]

The ****ing Wilpons. Of course.

1. Assuming this is true, is there any concern here that Malkin & Co can come up with the missing financing.
2. Oh the sweet f*****g irony that someone who was duped out of millions by Madoff would then turn around and pull the same f'n trick.

 

[SI90]

1. Assuming this is true, is there any concern here that Malkin & Co can come up with the missing financing.
2. Oh the sweet f*****g irony that someone who was duped out of millions by Madoff would then turn around and pull the same f'n trick.

I don’t think it will affect the outcome. I still think Belmont will be built. I’m just saying that it’s always some BS with the Wilpons. Especially when it comes to money.

 

[Phil120362]

I don’t think it will affect the outcome. I still think Belmont will be built. I’m just saying that it’s always some BS with the Wilpons. Especially when it comes to money.[/QUOTEShouldve never let them anywhere's near this......losers

 

[Big L]

1. Assuming this is true, is there any concern here that Malkin & Co can come up with the missing financing.
2. Oh the sweet f*****g irony that someone who was duped out of millions by Madoff would then turn around and pull the same f'n trick.

Sweet irony? I’d call that pretty f***ing shitty irony IMO.

 

[Skip To My Lou]

The ****ing Wilpons. Of course.

LMAO what were they even thinking getting involved. They can't even invest money in their own team, let alone others.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Can Scott Malkin just buy the Mets and be done with this clown show?

 

[Lame Lambert]

 

[Phil120362]

Ominous name for a business,no?

 

[ichabod13]

17 million dollars is only about 1.2 percent of a 1.4 billion dollar project. If the wilpons can't -or refuse to- pony up I'm pretty sure other investors will be more than willing to step in.
Once you start pouring concrete, it seems like everybody and their cousins want to invest.

 

[Steve55]

Steve55 will finally see a shovel in the ground at Willets Point!

I would imagine Fred will be buried elsewhere

 

[Tres Peleches]

Ominous name for a business,no?

I mean, our board’s theme song is a poor recorder rendition of Titanic’s theme song soooo....

 

[Lame Lambert]

I would imagine Fred will be buried elsewhere

Jeff will donate the body so he doesn't have to pay for a funeral

 

[Steve55]

Jeff will donate the body so he doesn't have to pay for a funeral

 

[MJF]

Jeff will donate the body so he doesn't have to pay for a funeral

Jeff wouldn’t donate shit. He’ll sell his body to the highest bidder.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

Jeff will donate the body so he doesn't have to pay for a funeral

We should just pour him in with the foundation concrete of the Belmont building as a NY-style symbol of what happens to those who don’t pay their debts..

 

[SpinningEdge]

The Wilpons are the worst owners in professional sports

No one is worse than Mike Brown and his family (the Bengals).

Mike Brown took over in 1991 and hasn’t won a single playoff game, threatened to leave the city if they didn’t pay for the stadium with a awful tax deal to the Cincinnati people, hasn’t ever hired a GM and has his family and him make decisions, had a HOF QB (Palmer) say trade him or he’d retire, and his team for over half his time as owner has had half the amount of scouts as the nfl team that had second lowest amount of scouts. Yes, a owner that’s so cheap he never signs free agents, kept a coach in Marvin Lewis for like 20 years while never winning a playoff game, and has half the amount of scouts as any other nfl team..... is the worst owner in sports. Lol.

no one beats mike brown of the bengals

 

[periferal]

No one is worse than Mike Brown and his family (the Bengals).

Mike Brown took over in 1991 and hasn’t won a single playoff game, threatened to leave the city if they didn’t pay for the stadium with a awful tax deal to the Cincinnati people, hasn’t ever hired a GM and has his family and him make decisions, had a HOF QB (Palmer) say trade him or he’d retire, and his team for over half his time as owner has had half the amount of scouts as the nfl team that had second lowest amount of scouts. Yes, a owner that’s so cheap he never signs free agents, kept a coach in Marvin Lewis for like 20 years while never winning a playoff game, and has half the amount of scouts as any other nfl team..... is the worst owner in sports. Lol.

no one beats mike brown of the bengals

You sir...Get it. Ownership is everything, but to overlook Jimmy Haslam & Dan Snyder just in the NFL cannot be done.

And when charles wang was owner of the Isles he was right there as well.

 

[SpinningEdge]

You sir...Get it. Ownership is everything, but to overlook Jimmy Haslam & Dan Snyder just in the NFL cannot be done.

And when charles wang was owner of the Isles he was right there as well.

yep. especially these days. You don’t have to be a big market or be biggest team in a big city. Look at knicks. Durant and Irving chose nets and that’s bc of one person.... awful owner.

with how easy communication is these days - any crappy owner is known by just about everyone.