Fact is, companies aren't coming to Newark, NJ unless they have incentive. It is what it is. Fix other aspects of the city, and maybe it'll be more organic. But they obviously see this as an economic and social engine. Does that really work? It's disputed.

The Prudential Center and NJPac clearly had some impact. But was it significant? Not sure. How much of that is a failure of those venues and how much is a failure of other aspects of this city writ large? They won't transform things on their own. So the question is, are you going to use them as catalysts by putting in the work elsewhere, or are you going to expect them to do whatever small things they can in their limited orbits, or just say F it, and stop soliciting these types of entities to come here at all.

Thing is this though- for all the complaining about the tax breaks, we didn't have the tax revenue at all before they were here. So it's not a loss, it's just not a tax gain. However, businesses and buildings, etc that spring up as a result of this WILL pay taxes, and eventually Lions Gate will too...so you go from 0 taxes to some taxes you didn't have before. It is a net gain.