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Dave Portnoy may move Barstool out of NYC if Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral race
Awful Announcing ^ | 11/04/2025 | Brendon Kleen

Posted on 11/04/2025 2:56:29 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Business owners across New York City are well-documented in their opposition to Democratic Socialist mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani’s likely win on Tuesday night, and it’s time to add Dave Portnoy to that list.

The Barstool Sports owner voiced his extreme opposition to Mamdani’s potential tenure as New York City mayor in a YouTube stream on Oct. 25, revealing that he has had conversations with Barstool’s financial leaders about moving the company to neighboring New Jersey.

“Honestly, I’ve given that a lot of thought — he’s definitely going to win — going to Hoboken or Jersey City or something,” Portnoy said. “I don’t want to ******* have an office (in Manhattan). But then we have all those people who, like, that ***** up their life because I hate the guy … so it’s a Catch-22.”

Portnoy acknowledged that as a prominent media company, it is essential to have a presence in America’s biggest city. Throughout its history, stars like Alex Cooper, Big Cat, and PFT Commenter have thrived out of the company’s Manhattan offices.

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1 posted on 11/04/2025 2:56:29 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I wonder who is trying to depress the real estate in order to buy it up?

I think that is what is going on. Make the buildings too expensive to hold onto so they can be sold at a discount.


2 posted on 11/04/2025 2:59:51 PM PST by Jonty30 (I've been diagnosed as being polemic and there is no cure. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Surprised no thrrad yet. These are overwhelmingly Blue Elections this year.


3 posted on 11/04/2025 3:02:03 PM PST by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: cowboyusa
Surprised no thrrad yet. These are overwhelmingly Blue Elections this year.

Go for it! You can start a thread now.

4 posted on 11/04/2025 3:05:04 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Jonty30

Mamdani (obviously) is the wild card here. He could throw so many taxes and fees on commercial real estate that even cheap buildings will become expensive.

And like with every other communist, Mamdani will give no thought to the long-term consequences of his actions.


5 posted on 11/04/2025 3:06:12 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right
And like with every other communist, Mamdani will give no thought to the long-term consequences of his actions.

$2.3 trillion GDP in NYC.

6 posted on 11/04/2025 3:12:15 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not for much longer


7 posted on 11/04/2025 3:14:16 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Communists do not care about the welfare of the citizens.

Communists want to enslave the citizens.

8 posted on 11/04/2025 3:16:49 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: Jonty30

You think they are depressed now. Wait for this communist to start after he gets elected.


9 posted on 11/04/2025 3:22:10 PM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It will shrink to $1.5 trillion by the end of next year.


10 posted on 11/04/2025 3:23:15 PM PST by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: HIDEK6

That’s because the commies are hungry for power.


11 posted on 11/04/2025 3:36:32 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Idiot should have left long ago. There’s nothing good about NYC and NY because of NYC controlling things.


12 posted on 11/04/2025 3:54:33 PM PST by ChuckHam
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To: Leaning Right

He’s all for rent control.

Remember the 70s? NYC and rent control. The owners of the buildings abandoned them. I remember seeing a block of 8 story or so apartment buildings all empty and wondering what the heck was going on ? Empty buildings in NY?


13 posted on 11/04/2025 3:59:09 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: MinorityRepublican

What is Portnoy’s voting record. If he votes for Democrats he created the problem. If he votes for Republicans he’s an idiot for having stayed in NYC. The writing has been on the wall there since they elected the last communist, Bill Diblasio.


14 posted on 11/04/2025 4:01:12 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Dave Portnoy blames Kamala Harris loss on Dems’ ‘arrogance’ and ‘moral superiority’: We had ‘no choice’ but to vote for Trump https://t.co/koCZlNQxKT pic.twitter.com/4qVPiMexeB— Page Six (@PageSix) November 6, 2024


15 posted on 11/04/2025 4:07:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Isn’t he the fellow with “the complaint”?


16 posted on 11/04/2025 4:14:27 PM PST by GingisK
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To: MinorityRepublican

HE MIGHT BE LEADING THE PARADE.


17 posted on 11/04/2025 4:21:54 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: HIDEK6
Communists want to enslave the citizens.

You forgot to say that MUZZLIMES want to enslave the citizenship. Particularly the women.

18 posted on 11/04/2025 5:39:58 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

A distinction without a difference.


19 posted on 11/04/2025 5:56:00 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump )
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To: Jonty30
I wonder who is trying to depress the real estate in order to buy it up?

Wow. What an interesting thought. There are a number of Jewish families that own a lot of real estate. Much of what I know is residential r.e. There is probably a lot of commercial property as well.

20 posted on 11/04/2025 6:36:30 PM PST by ladyjane
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