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GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Greenburgh town officials postponed a vote on the Game On 365 lease until Tuesday because Councilman Ken Jones was ill.
The town board will vote on the proposed lease at 10 a.m. Tuesday in a special meeting. The meeting will be combined with the regularly-scheduled work session that starts at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium at Greenburgh Town Hall.
The proposed lease with Game On 365 would last for 15 years. The deal includes bringing a 94,000-square-foot domed sports field and 15,000-square-foot clubhouse to the abandoned lot at 715 Dobbs Ferry Road. The sports complex would house four turf fields and two hard-court surfaces.
Under the proposed lease, Greenburgh seniors would receive free membership. Feiner said the property is currently generating zero revenue.
Game On would pay approximately $260,000 in rent for the Dobbs Ferry Road site. Game On would also pay Greenburgh $125,000 to complete an environmental study and clean-up of the former Frank's Nursery property.
Greenburgh residents have been actively opposing the proposed lease. A group launched thehelpburstthebubble.com website and has sent out mailings with criticism of the project.
Comments (3)
You are not serving readers when you print stories like this. You must have attended meetings on this subject yet you just publish the town board’s version of this proposal. Why should I subscribe to you when all you do is do Public Relations releases written by the Town Board? I can get the same info from the Supervisor's e mail which he sends day in and day out. You are redundant! ,
I hope the the Town Board realizes that they need to do more due diligence regarding this project. There are still many serious questions that remain unanswered. In trying to recover some short term revenue, is the Board exposing taxpayers to additional infrastructure costs, environmental cleanup costs and potential lawsuits that far exceed the potential revenue? All this additional liability to taxpayers for a facility that is designed for sports. Aren't our priorities wrong, shouldn't we be looking for things that better educate our children in science, math, etc?
Sell the property and build homes . More tax revenue. Hope the bubble goes POP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!