Article: Influential regional group sees no need for football stadium in New York City.

By John Brennan, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 20--Expanding the Javits Convention Center? Check.

Extending the No. 7 subway line to the West Side? Check.

Building a football stadium for the New York Jets? Bad idea.

Those are some of the conclusions of a position paper by the Regional Plan Association that was released Monday after a year of research into a massive development proposal for the Hudson Yards area of Manhattan's West Side.

The report supports most elements of the redevelopment, but opposes the stadium "with great reluctance," saying it is superfluous for the ...

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