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Old 12-04-2013, 01:30 PM
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Nice long term plan for fan growth
Can we not act like NYRA isn't being played like an accordion by the state here? The hatchet man they brought in is trying to come up with a 2014 budget that allows them to "make money" without the VLT revenue at the states bequest. Long term growth, fans, players, horsemen, breeders, horseracing, etc is not the focus here. Lets stop pretending that NYRA is run like some Fortune 500 company ok? It is a political pawn in a play to steal the VLT money currently going to it. It will be harder to take the money if the numbers dont show that they CAN make a profit, regardless of what tiny % that it is. The underlying theme is that they are going to try to make NYRA more "attractive" for the privatization but that is clearly just blowing smoke.

They are raising admission prices, it happens everywhere. It costs $14 to go to a movie on Long Island. It costs $15 to go over the Verrazano Bridge. It costs $40 to park at Yankee Stadium. Plus does anyone believe that if CDI winds up running NYRA that this will be the last rise in fees? Especially if the VLT money is cut?
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