According to the city, the cost to secure Obamaâs home between Nov. 5, 2008, and Jan. 18 was more than $1.5 million â most of which the city âexpectsâ to be reimbursed because of his status as president-elect. Everythingâs more expensive in New York!
Taxpayers will fund Yankees' VIP parking, NYC gets less money. A skeleton of the new Yankee Stadium, which is taking shape. The Yankees and hundreds of their VIPs will get free valet parking for the next 40 years, courtesy of New York taxpayers.
Yankee Stadium is huge and open air, which means a lot of the crowd ambience canât easily cross the stadium. To wit, the Third Rail and other supporters groups (who were located in the bleachers near left center field) were nearly inaudible from the press box (behind home plate).