--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fishman said heat in the locker rooms is the least of the problems,
but also said, I think Asbury Partners is well aware that
Convention
Hall will never draw a profit
never
and we're prepared to
invest
Which just goes to prove, you can lead a dog to water but can't make
it think er write.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Fishman said heat in the locker rooms is the least of the
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, bluebishop82 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jap hit it right on the nose. It was built to attract people, period.
This is simply ridiculous. Does anyone really believe that
Convention
To my surprise, he confirmed that Convention Hall never
made money.
I'd also be careful if someone ever says the Stone Pony never made money
because they made an awful lot of it once...
Maybe he should just admit that they've never hired the right people to run
his entertainment ventures.
its hard to know what exactl lary fishman is thinking, when he says these things. but that does sound a litlte rediculous, as lighty said. im not surprised its not doing well right now, beasue there is nothing going on there. before asbury partners came along, there were shows and concerts
"I'd also be careful if someone ever says the Stone Pony never made moneybecause they made an awful lot of it once..."a lot of places made mone at one point, but over time, things and peoples attitudes towards things change. what once was, doesnt always remain that way. aside from that. i
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone once told me you could sellout CH every weekend in the year
and it still wouldn't make a profit maybe Werner can help with this
one.
To my surprise, he confirmed that Convention Hall never
made money.
I'd
at the meeting I gasped. First, if you are a business man, why
would you ever spend millions on something you were certain would lose
money?
public shareholders
would fire him for knowingly making a
bad investment.
if he is convinced it won't make money, then he has
no plans to develop it.
From Kate Mellina's column in the Coaster (August 23, 2001):
http://tinyurl.com/dhmcr
The hard facts about Convention Hall are these: The city is taking
a financial beating on the building, where utilities alone cost
$150,000 a year. Like most facilities of its type, it was built to
attract