George Zoffinger Quotes (18 Quotes)

The sports authority would like to see a two-team stadium with the technology that can make it either team's home on game day. It should have a retractable roof so the state will garner revenues from a Super Bowl, the Final Four, political conventions and other events.

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.

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,

I did not mean for my statement to be divisive, but to point out the logistical advantage and convenience of Continental Arena when both arenas become operational. I have a long and consistent record of opposing public money for this kind of use, particularly when we have so many other important needs. My job is to be a strong advocate for Continental Arena, and I am an old-fashioned capitalist.

There were conditions here that they could have hung their hat on if they chose to delay payment. They could have easily said, 'Look, we don't have to give you the money, because all the litigation has not been concluded.' But they've been a good partner.

It sounds as if the governor is doing exactly what he should be doing and we'll try to give him all the information possible to help the treasurer and he reach a good decision for taxpayers. My position has always been clear and consistent.

This is an indication to us that they want to be good partners. This always, obviously, goes a long way toward giving us some comfort that we're going to be able to continue moving this project forward. Obviously, we've had our ups and downs, but now we have all of our money up front.

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.

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.

I believe that in a position like mine, you cannot take party into consideration, ... I don't care about any of that.

They met every obligation that they have indicated to us.

The key message I want to send is that no one has the right to drink excessively and ruin the experience for other people. We will have more situations where we won't have alcohol at the games if people are unruly. It's not fair to the people who pay for tickets. It's not safe for people in the stadium.

Rushing into that deal with the Giants was a big mistake. We didn't know at that point if the Jets were going to be in play here. Frankly, we should have waited until we could have both teams at the table together. Now, I don't think it would be unreasonable to give the teams more time to work things out. We need to let them work out their issues and not take any one side.

It is very important for interests to be disclosed. I support the new policy and I think it is a very positive thing.

Zoffinger said managers and staff are reviewing why wagering was off and they are meeting with focus groups of customers to come up with multiple ideas ... At this point, we have to only guess at what the philosophic direction will be of the next administration, and (we) won't know until the election is over.

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.

For me, the most stressful part of the last 10 months has been that Codey and I have much different philosophies of business,

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.