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RealShare EXCLUSIVE: Jets President Expects 'Stunning' Revenues

NEW YORK CITY-In the hot seat during today's RealShare event, New York Jets president Jay Cross tackled issues including naming rights, revenue expectations and the potential for the city to host the Olympics in 2012.

By Barbara Jarvie | Updated on October 06, 2004

NEW YORK CITY-”People don’t understand the economics of sports,” said New York Jets president Jay Cross during today’s RealShare New York “Inside the Real Estate Mind” presentation. Questioned by Michael G. Desiato, editor-in-chief, Real Estate Media Inc., Cross, who is spearheading the effort to construct a 75,000-seat stadium for his team on the West Side, said the revenues the team would generate in eight games a year are “stunning.” Real Estate Media is the producer of the third-annual event and publisher of GlobeSt.com, Real Estate Forum , and Real Estate New York .

Cross spoke on numerous aspects of the widely criticized plan including the potential for New York to host the 2012 Olympic Games, another proposition facing intense criticism. “If we don’t need it, why does Paris? Why does London?” he asked. “In the end, they’re all phenomenal forums.” He expects that New York might have an edge on getting the Olympics because other European countries are in the running to host the 2016 games and because New York is a headquarters of sort for sports with various leagues and marketing companies based here.

In addition to be a possible Olympic venue, the stadium could also be used to host the Super Bowl. Cross estimates the event would be held in Manhattan every five to six years and generate in the area of $25 to $30 million in direct tax impact to the city and state. And even that estimate could be low. “A New York City Super Bowl would not be like any other Super Bowl.”

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