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Originally Posted by NYguy
One of them did, the JETS. They were well on their way, even after the state's portion of the funding was knocked down by Silver. It was a small percentage, but the overall cost of building that stadium proved to be too much, and even the Queens alternative wasn't worth it when the GIANTS came with a solution - build a shared stadium in the Meadowlands at much less the cost.
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Didn't help with the fact that in order for the Jets Stadium to be build, it was planned to be the centerpiece of NYC's doomed 2012 Olympic bid