November 25, 2007. In an article that appeared in the New York Times last week, writer Jack Bell wrote that "Legal problems and construction delays prompted the Red Bulls to consider scuttling the project. The club met with officials from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority last summer and was offered a tract of land near Continental Arena (now the Izod Center), but decided to push ahead in Harrison." It is nice to know that the Red Bulls would consider "scuttling the project". Harrison officials have bent over backwards to accommodate the Red Bulls even going as far as bonding 40 million dollars guaranteed by the taxpayers of Harrison.

It is time that Harrison officials start treating the Red Bulls like any other business owner in town. The sidewalk area alongside Frank E. Rodgers Blvd in front of the future Red Bulls continues unpaved and complete with an assortment of weeds. Pedestrians including commuters utilizing the parking meters adjacent to the sidewalk continue to navigate a dangerous condition and subject themselves to the risky proposition of having to walk along the roadway on a very busy street or traverse the sidewalk area which is uneven and filled with weeds. As KOTW has previously stated: Would any other property owner be allowed to keep their sidewalk in the condition that the Red Bulls sidewalk is in? Why do the Red Bulls get special privileges?

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