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    Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, who has campaigned for the state to close the 28-year-old Izod Center, called the proposal “a good start” and “a short-term win for both communities.” "But I still don’t want to see the state putting any money into Izod ... This doesn’t take away how old Izod Center is." State Sen. Gerald Cardinale, R-Demarest, blasted the proposed partnership that would allow the Nets to move to Newark next year. Full Article at NorthJersey.com
    But I still don’t want to see the state putting any money into Izod ... This doesn’t take away how old Izod Center is.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
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State Dems lukewarm to Izod-Prudential deal
  1. Any attempt by the Corzine administration to force the [New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority] to waive the penalty for breaking the team’s lease would be nothing more than a transparent subsidy for the Prudential Center and Newark
    – Gerald Cardinale SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  2. I’d love to see Newark thrive, and for us to be able to keep Izod open, but there’s a Russian guy involved ... And, of course, if Brooklyn’s not involved, he goes back to Russia.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  3. What everyone is forgetting is that the Nets, themselves, determine their fate ... We’ll find out in a month or so if they’re going to get an arena in Brooklyn. If not, they might go anywhere — St. Louis, Kansas City, Seattle? And the deal doesn’t work for the Devils unless they have the Nets [longterm]...
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  4. Regardless of the positive news about the Izod Center’s future, the proposed solution is clearly incomplete ... We still need to see the plan that replaces the dates the Meadowlands loses when the Nets leave.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  5. But I still don’t want to see the state putting any money into Izod ... This doesn’t take away how old Izod Center is.
    SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  6. These guys have all the leverage in the world right now
    Richard Codey – Richard Codey SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago
  7. My No. 1 concern is a commitment to keeping Izod open because of its impact on the regional economy, and this deal looks like it would do that
    – Paul Sarlo SOURCE: NorthJersey.com 4 weeks ago

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