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[QUOTE="cuseinchina, post: 935650, member: 3079"]
someplace else not something else.  see the new stadium coming to buffalo for reference.

Again I'm not sure that you actually read what I write before responding.   I made very clear in my initial critique of Rubin's rant that he has a valid point in questioning the amount and type of investment coming to Syracuse versus what is coming to Buffalo.  I think that there are plenty of better ways to spur economic growth, some of which cost money some of which don't.

But that is not the scenario we have here.  those other projects in buffalo and Albany were already allocated funds.   Our funds were going to be for a stadium - now we get nothing.   seems like we lose out in the deal.  better a stadium then nothing.

And in terms of keeping the dome...the university wants access to that valuable land, it makes campus way more disjointed than it should be and they can only expand so far.  Better to do it now - strike while the iron is hot because you never know who will be in office the next time this comes up.   And your argument that Buffalo bills have more leverage because they can leave...while true on the surface is also missing the point.  SU is the biggest employer in the area and one of the only things Syracuse has going for it...you give them what they want and support their development plans just as they have (rightly or wrongly) been supporting development of the community over the past few years.
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