Chuck the Duck

Did he say where he got that 18 month timeframe?  Was he just pulling that out of his ass?

 

Carton doesn't really care about hockey.  That little douche was a big Devils fan last year during the playoffs and this year he is suddenly a huge Islanders fan.

 

This is on top of him being a "huge" Flyers fan during his days in Philly in the 90's.

Not to mention his, "Mets fans for Yankees" BS he pulls every September/October (and I'm a Yankees fan).  The guy is a grade 1 a-hole, and the single reason I don't listen to WFAN in the morning.   He should go back to making fun of ex-governor's wives, it's the only thing he's actually good at.  Listening to Boomer clear his throat is more enjoyable than anything that comes out of that douche's mouth. 

As far as Kosman is concerned, I think we learned last year that he has no credibility in his "journalistic" reporting.  Єklund (2.3% accurate) is more accurate than this clown.  But it's no secret that the team/NHL has been looking for minority investors.  Not surprisingly, nobody has taken them up on that offer to date (and likely never will unless they have some serious financial incentive to do so, or get input in the decision making process for the team). 

True.  The undercooked fries suck.  I wish they had a curly fry option, and maybe some higher end food options like at Yankee Stadium and, from what I hear, Barclay's Center and the newly renovated MSG.

Agree that the food quality isn't the best.  The standard fare of Chicken fingers and hot dogs are fine (I'm a Nathan's fan), but the quality, selection and variety of food needs to be improved.   

The Yankees have their own hospitality company that they co-own with the Dallas Cowboys.  They operate the concessions in Yankee Stadium and other facilities.  I was hoping Prudential Center, but instead we continue to get the sh!t Aramark throws our way.

It's starting to change, but it will take a very long time.

Plus, I'm sure they want a tremendous amount of rent for the space, and the economic model for these businesses doesn't justify it based upon the fact that they will get little business on non-event days.

There really isn't a need to construct that pedestrian bridge.  The cost is way too much, and patrons of the arena generally have no problem walking the streets or through the corridors of the Gateway buildings to get to/from Penn Station.  If would be nice if they created that park directly in front of the arena, but that has all sorts of potential for trouble down the road, so maybe it's better they leave them parking lots.

As far as getting a bar in the arena, there was talk a long time ago about the arena trying to lure a large chain restuarant/bar to the arena, but that hasn't gone anywhere to date.  The bar/restaurant was to have street access so it would be open on all nights, and not just gamedays.  However, major retailers are extremely reluctant to open anything in Newark.  Regardless of what you think of those large chains, Newark might be the only major city (I use that term extremely loosely) in the Country that doesn't have any of them.