George Zoffinger
George Zoffinger
conflict discussed past remotely stepped
Nothing has been discussed that is remotely controversial about my past involvement with Devco. Even if I hadn't stepped down as chairman, Devco would not be a conflict of interest.
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Everyone wants a new stadium. We want to work toward that goal and we're 90 percent there and we ought to finish it. We're going to work hard to try to do that.
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Tony knows numbers, and he knows New Jersey. He's very methodical, and he's one of the smartest guys I know.
anyone profile profiling racetrack stadium
We do not profile anyone that comes into our arena, stadium or racetrack on any basis. There was no profiling of our customers. I want to make that clear.
believe cannot care party position
I believe that in a position like mine, you cannot take party into consideration, ... I don't care about any of that.
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Now the Jets feel as if they are second-class citizens in this stadium deal. They want to be true partners on all aspects of any business plan.
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Frankly, in New Jersey if you were to exclude everybody that had any kind of potential conflict you would be excluding a lot of people,
asked depend elected governor leave
If an elected governor asked me to leave, I would leave - and if he asked me to stay, I would stay, ... A lot is going to depend on our philosophies and if we mesh.
last months stressful
For me, the most stressful part of the last 10 months has been that Codey and I have much different philosophies of business,
bad plan
Well, my Plan B is really not such a bad one,
betting everybody improve racing year
We're down in betting and I'm very disappointed, ... We did everything we could do to improve the racing product. Everybody told me a year ago it was all about purses.
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I had them sold for $325 million, ... That was an initial offer, and could easily have gone higher if bidding took place. Today I'm not sure I could get $225 million for them.
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Their home stadium is a New Jersey landmark, and it is an insult to us for them to remove the name of the state. We strongly object to this lack of respect for the state of New Jersey.
interests policy positive support
It is very important for interests to be disclosed. I support the new policy and I think it is a very positive thing.