Article: IDA approves financing for Mets/Yankees construction.

New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) last week granted final approval for financing assistance for the New York Yankees and New York Mets to allow for the construction of new, state-of-the-art stadiums adjacent to each existing ballpark. The projects will bring more than $1.5 billion in private investment to the South Bronx and Flushing, Queens and relieve the City from maintenance and capital repair costs that would likely have exceeded rent payments at the existing stadiums by more than $113 million over the next 40 years. The issuance of the tax -exempt bonds for both projects is contingent on the receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of a favorable ...

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