West Side Stadium

The West Side Stadium (also known as the New York Sports and Convention Center) was a proposed football stadium to be built on a platform over the rail yards on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was to be the new home for the New York Jets, currently based at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The stadium was to have served as the centerpiece of New York's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but, after heated debate, the proposal was finally defeated politically only a month before the International Olympic Committee was to make its decision.

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Football - Stadium - West Side - Manhattan - New York City - New York Jets - Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, New Jersey - International Olympic Committee

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The site was to link the transportation, hotel and business hub centered on Herald Square and Madison Square Garden with the Jacob J. Javits Convention Center. It was promoted by New York Governor George Pataki, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Congressman Charles Rangel, but opposed by most of the local elected officials representing the area. The centerpiece of the city's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the stadium would have been part of a larger project to revitalize a long-underdeveloped area, including an expansion of the Javits Center and an extension of the 7-Flushing Line of the New York City Subway. It was to have hosted the National Football League championship game in 2010, Super Bowl XLIV.

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Herald Square - Madison Square Garden - Jacob J. Javits Convention Center - George Pataki - Michael Bloomberg - Charles Rangel - 2012 Summer Olympics - Revitalize - 7 - Flushing Line - New York City Subway - National Football League - 2010 - Super Bowl XLIV

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