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Here is an update on what could be the newest track in NASCAR if one of the two proposals is aproved. They both sound like they would be really good choices for the land.
New Jersey Track Proposals: Companies competing to redevelop the Meadowlands arena site pitched updated plans ranging from a convention center to a noiseless NASCAR track Tuesday. Officials said they hoped to begin construction next year. The developers had already submitted written proposals to redevelop the highly prized Meadowlands site in East Rutherford, about 10 miles west of Manhattan. But some updated their plans for Tuesday's presentations after the New Jersey Sports and Exposition, which controls the site, reiterated its specification that proposals keep to within the 104-acres encompassing the Continental Airlines Arena and its parking lots. By Nov. 26 the field will be narrowed to three or four finalists. They will be asked to submit more detailed proposals dealing with traffic, engineering and other issues in a final offer due Dec. 30.
Of the seven proposals, the two include a race track:
--Liberty Speedway, by a team including Morton Salkind and the actor Paul Newman, for a NASCAR track, with wetlands in the infield and a "virtual" racing theme park. Salkind touted a sound wave technology that would mute the sounds of his race track, which he called, "Bristol North," referring to the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
--Sports City America, by International Speedway Corp., for a speedway with 80,000-seat grandstand, a hotel, convention center and theme park, with a light rail stop.(NJ.com/AP)
New Jersey Track Proposals: Companies competing to redevelop the Meadowlands arena site pitched updated plans ranging from a convention center to a noiseless NASCAR track Tuesday. Officials said they hoped to begin construction next year. The developers had already submitted written proposals to redevelop the highly prized Meadowlands site in East Rutherford, about 10 miles west of Manhattan. But some updated their plans for Tuesday's presentations after the New Jersey Sports and Exposition, which controls the site, reiterated its specification that proposals keep to within the 104-acres encompassing the Continental Airlines Arena and its parking lots. By Nov. 26 the field will be narrowed to three or four finalists. They will be asked to submit more detailed proposals dealing with traffic, engineering and other issues in a final offer due Dec. 30.
Of the seven proposals, the two include a race track:
--Liberty Speedway, by a team including Morton Salkind and the actor Paul Newman, for a NASCAR track, with wetlands in the infield and a "virtual" racing theme park. Salkind touted a sound wave technology that would mute the sounds of his race track, which he called, "Bristol North," referring to the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.
--Sports City America, by International Speedway Corp., for a speedway with 80,000-seat grandstand, a hotel, convention center and theme park, with a light rail stop.(NJ.com/AP)