American Dream sucks.

[clutch1]

yep, they got laws....but it's all gonna come down to $$$$$$$

Four other malls have operated with the blue laws for years, it would be a little weird if they were lifted as soon as this joint opened up.

 

[killallhippies]

I didn't know that.
Most of the blue laws here only deal with alcohol and they're pretty lax.

actually, it was the frankford yellowjackets, but it's pretty much the same damned thing.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Gotta figure they had that worked out before starting construction.

I don't know that much about the project other than it's been a disaster. This is jersey; it's very corrupt. I'm not sure they figured out anything.

 

[KRCummings]

actually, it was the frankford yellowjackets, but it's pretty much the same damned thing.

I vaguely remember hearing about them. Had to be very early NFL. Like Red Grange early.

 

[killallhippies]

yep. they came and went before they'd even fully legalized the forward pass. god, that shit had to be boring as fuck back then.

 

[clutch1]

Now the Yellowjackets just work security at the stadium.

 

[killallhippies]

oh and i was bored, so i found this:

Organized sports competition on Sundays was illegal in Pennsylvania until 1931, when challenged by the Philadelphia A's, the laws were changed permitting baseball only to be played on Sundays. In 1933, Bert Bell, understanding that prerequisites to a NFL franchise being granted to him were changes in the blue laws,[37] played the primary role of convincing then Governor Gifford Pinchot to issue a bill before the Pennsylvanian legislature to deprecate the Blue Laws.[37] The legislature passed the bill in April 1933, paving the way for Philadelphia Eagles to play on Sundays. The law also directed local communities to hold referendums to determine the status and extent of Blue Laws in their respective jurisdictions.[38][39] On November 7, 1933, the referendum on the Blue Laws passed in Philadelphia and it became law.[40][41]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law#Pennsylvania

and bergen county sounds like a bitch.

 

[tactful]

They ran out of paint wrong square footage, doesn't everybody. Eventually it will sink, swamp you know, just ask Jim, I believe he's around there, or, so they say.

 

[RoryN]

well sure, the American dream sucks for people like you...

I present to you the only poster dumb enough to take the faux title bait.

 

[great lover]

I present to you the only poster dumb enough to take the faux title bait.

He jumped too soon.

 

[RoryN]

*bump*

Here we are, 4 years later.

Current status: still unfinished. Stalled.

Almost 5 million square feet, over 30,000 parking spaces.

There's still time to turn it around, but it's going to take tons of $$ to fix this shitshow. We might be looking at the crown jewel of dead malls.

 

[Beco]

Circuit City failed because Best Buy was a better business model.

Better physical stores, around here anyway. Circuit City had these cave like stores.... Best Buy is big! Bright!

 

[Radiohead]

*bump*

Here we are, 4 years later.

Current status: still unfinished. Stalled.

Almost 5 million square feet, over 30,000 parking spaces.

There's still time to turn it around, but it's going to take tons of $$ to fix this shitshow. We might be looking at the crown jewel of dead malls.

If its next door to Meadlowlands 2 though, surely they are making some parking/pocket money

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Seriously, they called this place "Xanadu"? And then "American Dream"? If I were an investor, I would've pulled out the second I heard either of those names. They're incredibly stupid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream_Meadowlands

Here's my favorite quote from the Wikipedia article:



Anyone live nearby? I hear most people think the traffic that'll result from this monstrosity will be unreal...

about to turn into the American nightmare