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Nice but the Donald Trump in me would have liked something that would have generated some cash.
im no fan of NEW YORK but this is pretty cool .....turning old railroad into a park
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Theres nothing to do in NY except go sightseeing and ice-skate in the winter
Florida :
Disney World
Universal Studios
Busch Gardens
Scuba diving
Snorkeling
Para sailing
Jet-skiing
better girls
better food
better weather
better nightclubs/strip clubs
less crime
cost of living cheaper
New York :
Museums
Art
Skyscrapers
Better clothing stores
umm sike, da THOUSANDS of clubs in NYC are da most packed in da winter time.
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Florida's cool, but you have to watch out for those grumpy old racist men.
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Forbes: Knicks top NBA at $1.1 billion
Updated: January 23, 2013, 9:08 PM ET
By Ian Begley | Special to ESPNNewYork.com
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Back in July, there was widespread belief the New York Knicks would take a financial hit after Jeremy Lin signed with the Houston Rockets.
Apparently, Lin's departure hasn't affected the bottom line.
According to Forbes Magazine, the Knicks are the NBA's most valuable team. The magazine's most recent franchise valuations say the team is worth $1.1 billion.
Things Are Really, Really Looking Up
The Knicks' value spiked thanks to an ongoing renovation at Madison Square Garden, an increase in TV ratings and a boost in merchandising sales.
Team Value 1-yr chge
1. Knicks $1.1 b 41 %
2. Lakers $1 b 11 %
3. Bulls $800 m 33 %
4. Celtics $730 m 51 %
5. Mavericks $685 m 38 %
6. Heat $625 m 37 %
7. Rockets $568 m 25 %
8. Warriors $555 m 23 %
9. Nets $530 m 48 %
10. Spurs $527 m 26 %
The Lakers are second on this year's list, valued at $1 billion. The Brooklyn Nets are ninth on Forbes' list, valued at $530 million.
The magazine reports that the Knicks' value rose 41 percent over the past season thanks to the ongoing renovation of Madison Square Garden, an increase in television ratings and merchandising sales, and the team's on-court success (the Knicks won their first playoff game in 11 seasons in 2012).
Forbes reports that the $980 million renovation of Madison Square Garden, scheduled to be completed this summer, has helped produce $243 million in revenue for the Knicks, the highest profit in the NBA.
The renovation has changed seating configuration at the Garden, putting a majority of seats closer to the court.
The new seating allowed the Knicks to raise season-ticket prices by an average of 49 percent after the 2010-11 season.
The renovation also gave MSG an opportunity to generate revenue from new advertising opportunities and to revamp its luxury boxes, thereby increasing the prices for them.
"This is all a significant increase in revenue," Richard Tullo, the director of research at the Wall Street firm Albert Fried & Company, said last month.
In addition, ratings for Knicks games were up 74 percent compared to the same period last season, according to Forbes.
Last season, thanks to a boost from Lin's remarkable run, the MSG Network's telecasts of Knicks games averaged a 3.30 Nielsen household rating, making it the highest-rated regular season ever on MSG.
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Ratings are on a similar pace this season. Knicks merchandise sales are also strong, though that accounts for a small portion of revenue for the team.
According to figures released by the NBA, the Knicks jersey was the top-selling jersey in the league from April 2012 through Nov. 26, 2012.
Lin was partially responsible for the team's strong jersey sales. But the Knicks elected not to match Houston's three-year, $25.1 million offer to the point guard over the summer.
Two marketing deals with Taiwanese-based companies were not renewed with the Knicks after Lin left, but that does not appear to have affected the Knicks' bottom line.
The Madison Square Garden stock price fell from $38.91 on July 3 to $34.73 on July 23, shortly after the Knicks elected to let Lin walk. At the close of trading on Tuesday, the stock was valued at $49.50.
According to Forbes, the average NBA team is worth $509 million, a 30 percent increase from last season.
The Knicks ranked second in the NBA valuation last year, behind the Lakers. They were worth $780 million, according to Forbes.
Ian Begley is a regular contributor to ESPNNewYork.com.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8...cks-most-valuable-nba-team-los-angeles-lakers
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yeah cus buffalo is so niceyou are trollin sir.
i love it how you comparing CITIES to BOROUGHS
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It's so funny how hard they fight for no reason trying to compare with the greatest city in the world.
even more funny...
the cali's the floridas....
being 2x the size of ny and still can't compete.
even more funny...
the cali's the floridas....
being 2x the size of ny and still can't compete.
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No rings since 1973
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Theres nothing to do in NY except go sightseeing and ice-skate in the winter
Florida :
Disney World
Universal Studios
Busch Gardens
Scuba diving
Snorkeling
Para sailing
Jet-skiing
better girls
better food
better weather
better nightclubs/strip clubs
less crime
cost of living cheaper
New York :
Museums
Art
Skyscrapers
Better clothing stores
what are you talking about....you are mking the same mistake Cali dudes make when comparing, you are comparing the entire state of Florida to the City of New York....do you understand how lame that is?....why dont you compare the state of NY to the state of FL?....do you know how much more diverse NY is than FL, for starters you have the same weather all year round, we have 4 full seasons, we can hike in snow, or go camping by one of the many lakes in the summer, we also have beaches, YES YOUR STATES BEACHES ARE BETTER, thats where it ends....but we have beaches....also cost of living is cheaper, but jobs also pay crap.....i can get up to 50$ an hour up here as a therapist doing half the work demanded from a therapist in your state making no more than 18$ an hour....your state has Miami and Disney World...woohoo....i can visit both every other year and get my fix if nessesary.
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because its only buffalo and NYC right?...
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let's focus on the topic at hand gentlemen.
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Benghazi > NYC & Miami
Who cares.
The Highline is cool to walk through for a bit with friends, but you don't want to make it a big part of your day. Better to meet there and then head to either Chelsea or Meatpacking.
Who cares.
The Highline is cool to walk through for a bit with friends, but you don't want to make it a big part of your day. Better to meet there and then head to either Chelsea or Meatpacking.
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they set up cap space for lebron 3 years in advance and ate t-macs expiring contract to get lebron
.......meanwhile , lebron bicycling 9 months out of the year in miami
and wasnt it ninjahood who made the thread about new york becoming a revolver town?
you can legally buy silencers for automatics in florida bruh , to protect this thing called a "home"
its what you own when you dont rent for 30 years
do i even get into the no state tax?
stop it , the best thing that ever happen to new york was the shower it got last year from the hurricane
closest thing that rat infested city will ever get to disney land is.....well its huge rats
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they set up cap space for lebron 3 years in advance and ate t-macs expiring contract to get lebron
.......meanwhile , lebron bicycling 9 months out of the year in miami
and wasnt it ninjahood who made the thread about new york becoming a revolver town?
you can legally buy silencers for automatics in florida bruh , to protect this thing called a "home"
its what you own when you dont rent for 30 years
do i even get into the no state tax?
stop it , the best thing that ever happen to new york was the shower it got last year from the hurricane
closest thing that rat infested city will ever get to disney land is.....well its huge rats
fam you sound RIDICULOUS.....just quit it
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Dudes know they have no argument with all that other crap they pretended they had that was better than NYC so now they focusing only on basketball.
These dudes can't be grown *** men talking about Disney World and Universal Studios
These dudes can't be grown *** men talking about Disney World and Universal Studios
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even when you give them art , ART BASEL is in miami , our art district has premeir street art from artist all over the worldTheres nothing to do in NY except go sightseeing and ice-skate in the winter
Florida :
Disney World
Universal Studios
Busch Gardens
Scuba diving
Snorkeling
Para sailing
Jet-skiing
better girls
better food
better weather
better nightclubs/strip clubs
less crime
cost of living cheaper
New York :
Museums
Art
Skyscrapers
Better clothing stores
and coconut grove,wynwood and south beach have crazy galleries
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when your basis for saying your state rocks is an amusement park, thats when you know your state is terrible
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and they STILL worth more then da heat in da middle of miami
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Really? Miami>NYC? One is a great place to visit/get drunk at for a few days and bounce, another is a place where I would actually live (SF is basically a smaller version of NYC). Those damn halal carts alone had me ready to move out there...coming back from the club and getting a box of chicken and rice with that cocaine infused white sauce 
too bad I can't deal with the weather there
It's like saying Vegas is the best city in the world because so many people visit and there's so much @#$% to get into...then you look at how the locals live
too bad I can't deal with the weather thereIt's like saying Vegas is the best city in the world because so many people visit and there's so much @#$% to get into...then you look at how the locals live
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Since the history of NT NYC related threads turn into multiple pages of NYC < or > and bashing.. Never fails.. Anyway that place is in the meat packing its pretty as hell that entire area is amazing.. Take a bad one on a date around there and your kudos points will rise especially when you take her to one of the shiek nightclubs.. I seen A rod one drunk night at Gaslight
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I've lived in Miami and unless your making good money its a bore.. You come to Miami once your established or if your a model and you want to get spoiled around town... My chick lives right on biscayne unless your doing it like that living in doral or anything outside of brickell you might as well stay in NYC youll have a better time.. However im gonna build a new studio in FLL only because the XXX industry will slowly moving there give it about 5 years the town will be the new p0rn valleyReally? Miami>NYC? One is a great place to visit/get drunk at for a few days and bounce, another is a place where I would actually live (SF is basically a smaller version of NYC). Those damn halal carts alone had me ready to move out there...coming back from the club and getting a box of chicken and rice with that cocaine infused white saucetoo bad I can't deal with the weather there
It's like saying Vegas is the best city in the world because so many people visit and there's so much @#$% to get into...then you look at how the locals live
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Y'all can't be serious arguing the same thing every thread. First off y'all should be ashamed to argue a damn city vs a state.
Secondly any NYC heads shouldn't even be arguing this so shame on you too.
Let's talk about this documentary cause I saw it on Netflix last night too.
Florida...
Secondly any NYC heads shouldn't even be arguing this so shame on you too.
Let's talk about this documentary cause I saw it on Netflix last night too.
Florida...
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^ Lol they didn't listen to me.
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