I can think of several better ways to spend $2.2 Billion

I don't usually agree with Bob Herbert, but this time he's right on the money. Click here for story. There are now talks of building a stadium for the New York Jets on the West Side of Manhattan. This will cost $2.2 Billion dollars. The State and City kicking in $640 Million, plus cheap land prices and other deals which I'm sure we wont know about until its too late.

Behind all of this is New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics. A new stadium just might give it the edge over Paris and London. But still that kind of money for a sports stadium is insane. The only way that they will be able to make a profit is to plaster advertising over every possible location (this urinal is brought to you by...), personal seat licenses and obscene ticket prices.