Post by ferryfast admin on Jan 19, 2006 1:40:13 GMT -5
Interest in the Fast Ferry route
1/18/06
Tuesday, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy raised a big question when he mentioned that he's getting phone calls from a famous Rochesterian interested in the fast ferry route.
Tuesday night, after the city council approved $9.4 million to pay for ferry costs and debts this year, Mayor Duffy mentioned he's getting some famous interest in the ferry route. “I've received a call from a very well known name in Rochester who has called twice in the last week, who has an interest in bringing a service back here,” Mayor Duffy said.
He also said this about the interested party, “It's a name that has been around for a long time and if it comes to be, we'll make sure you know but he has expressed some interest in this and he wants to test the waters a little bit in terms of would he want to bring one here."
Duffy says it's a famous man who lives outside of New York State. Of course that could be thousands of people, but at least one with enough money to do it is Tampa Bay Buccaneer's owner and Rochester native Malcolm Glazer. NEWS 10NBC contacted Glazer's office in Tampa about our specualtion, but did not get a response.
NEWS 10NBC called City Hall for more information on Wednesday. Officials gave the following response, “the sale is not going to be done in public.”
The city has already received interest to buy the ferry from the Government of Turkey, officials toured the ferry in Rochester last year. The U.S. military has also been mentioned as a potential candidate. Mayor Duffy says he's still convinced that a private company will take a chance on the ferry route, but only if the financial numbers are right.
1/18/06
Tuesday, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy raised a big question when he mentioned that he's getting phone calls from a famous Rochesterian interested in the fast ferry route.
Tuesday night, after the city council approved $9.4 million to pay for ferry costs and debts this year, Mayor Duffy mentioned he's getting some famous interest in the ferry route. “I've received a call from a very well known name in Rochester who has called twice in the last week, who has an interest in bringing a service back here,” Mayor Duffy said.
He also said this about the interested party, “It's a name that has been around for a long time and if it comes to be, we'll make sure you know but he has expressed some interest in this and he wants to test the waters a little bit in terms of would he want to bring one here."
Duffy says it's a famous man who lives outside of New York State. Of course that could be thousands of people, but at least one with enough money to do it is Tampa Bay Buccaneer's owner and Rochester native Malcolm Glazer. NEWS 10NBC contacted Glazer's office in Tampa about our specualtion, but did not get a response.
NEWS 10NBC called City Hall for more information on Wednesday. Officials gave the following response, “the sale is not going to be done in public.”
The city has already received interest to buy the ferry from the Government of Turkey, officials toured the ferry in Rochester last year. The U.S. military has also been mentioned as a potential candidate. Mayor Duffy says he's still convinced that a private company will take a chance on the ferry route, but only if the financial numbers are right.