Blog Posts For Tag: New York

Cirque du Soleil has returned to the New York stage with Zarkana, its first production in the Big Apple since last year’s financial disaster Banana Spheel. This time around the Cirque du Soleil production is taking a $50 million, 800,000 pound stage risk at the Radio City Music Hall, one that will require they sell 6,000 Zarkana tickets for every performance just to break even.

I firmly believe that the world of Major League Baseball revolves around Scott Boras. The agent has plundered the salaries of every team. In fact I do not consider you to be a professional baseball team until Mr. Boras of the Scott Boras Corporation has reamed you in the offseason.

So I actually thought that New York baseball was dead. Ok, maybe not dead, but definitely in decline. The New York Yankees were letting go of most of their high priced free agents walk. They were loading up on younger talent like Xavier Nady and veterans like Nick Swisher. These players were going to help with a few wins, but the big spending days with star-studded lineups were over.

This week feels like its time to keep the dream going or give the fans a little End of the Season Affective Disorder. While this week has a couple of great marquee games, the Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Bucs versus the Carolina Panthers, there is that wonderful sense of urgency for a number of teams.