NYT: New York City Predicted Record Tourism. Then Came Trump.

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 9:17pm

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/nyc-tourism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.jSJi.iDsNRcU5TD7V&smid=nytcore-android-share

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 9:21pm

Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board. 

[George in DC]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 9:44pm

MezzA101 said: "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/nyc-tourism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F08.jSJi.iDsNRcU5TD7V&smid=nytcore-android-share"

 

 

Thanks

 

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 10:09pm

This should probably have been posted over in the Grosses thread where a conversation is going on about tourism as opposed to starting another thread. JMO

[BETTY22]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 2:46pm

Very interesting and alarming. its going to be a rough few years for theater. 

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 3:46pm

Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Yeah seconded. This is not the place

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 3:52pm

If Broadway made it through COVID, it can push past most any challenge that stands in its way (even if it may take some time). 

We’ll survive this, and set new record numbers before you know it. 

[MB124]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 3:56pm

Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Now we’re policing what other people should post about and where? 

NY Tourism is integral to Broadway and off-Broadway ticket sales. This subject and article is very much ON topic. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 4:00pm

MB124 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Now we’re policing what other people should post about and where?

NY Tourism is integral to Broadway and off-Broadway ticket sales. This subject and article is very much ON topic."

 

And also, like. Who cares.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 4:02pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Yeah seconded. This is not the place"

💯

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 4:40pm

Sutton Ross said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Yeah seconded. This is not the place"

💯"

They can post all they want about him and his issues on the OT board! Go nuts over there. But not here. 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/9/25 at 4:42pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Yeah seconded. This is not the place"

💯"

They can post all they want about him and his issues on the OT board! Go nuts over there. But not here."

We heard you both the first time… 🙄 

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 5/11/25 at 8:29am

“So, a thread should be started every time he does something?”

This isn’t a post about him making an AI image of himself as Pope -  It’s directly relevant to this specific industry, and anyone with an education beyond the eighth grade understands that. If your heart can’t handle it, simply don’t open the thread and move on. There is no requirement for you to read every thread. You are the person with the problem, and you have the power to avoid it. Act like you’ve been out in the world before. It’s that simple.

You consistently love to get on a soapbox and decide what people can or cannot post, when they can post it, how they post it - you desperately need to get a grip. Nobody cares. You are not in charge of the board nor its members. You are as dense and delusional as they come if you think anyone here looks to you for authority or guidance on any topic whatsoever. Go inside and feed the cats, Edie. 

Updated On: 5/11/25 at 08:29 AM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/11/25 at 8:58am

Sutton Ross said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "witchoftheeast2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Yeah seconded. This is not the place"

💯"

They can post all they want about him and his issues on the OT board! Go nuts over there. But not here."

Exactly because here's the thing: The Violent Rapist is never going to stop f*cking with anyone and everyone that did not vote for him. So, articles will come out weekly (daily?) of him trying to do something. So, a thread should be started every time he does something? The main board will be half about him which is exactly what he wants. Like post everything about him on the off topic board and every single article and horrible thing he does can be in one place if people continue to be interested in him until he gets shot in the face, of course. "

I hate Trump, but I remember a day when this kind of language would get removed by the moderators. I’m sure my post will get removed instead because we all know Sutton cries to moderators every single time someone calls her out on the nonsense. But this is not language appropriate for a theater chat board. The OP is more on topic than you talking about him getting shot. 

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/13/25 at 6:36am

As Foreign Tourists Stay Away, U.S. Could Lose $12.5 Billion This Year, Tourism Group Says

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/travel/united-states-international-visitors-decline.html?unlocked_article_code=1.G08.oJb2.eIvoY3idjTaR&smid=nytcore-android-share

[BdwyFan]

Posted: 5/13/25 at 8:13am

Not to mention all the people cancelling flights into Newark, a major gateway to NYC and Broadway.  It’s not pretty. 

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 5:24pm

MB124 said: "Sutton Ross said: "Please stop posting about him and move it to the OT board."

Now we’re policing what other people should post about and where?

NY Tourism is integral to Broadway and off-Broadway ticket sales. This subject and article is very much ON topic."

Yup, contrary to popular belief, America’s Sweetheart does not get to dictate what gets posted, and where. Shocker, I know.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 5/14/25 at 6:03pm

Y’all need to chill. It really doesn’t matter if someone starts a new thread: just ignore it. I personally have ignored Trump threads but clicked on this because of the NY Times article only to read a vitriol pile-on. 

This place has gotten toxic…far worse than before.