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The M.T.A. has quietly demanded roughly $750,000 a year from the organization that runs the marathon, to make up for the toll revenue that the authority loses when it closes the Verrazzano North America's longest suspension bridge to vehicular traffic, according to interviews and memos reviewed by The New York Times.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/nyregion/marathon-tolls-mta.html


My initial thought is that this is dumb. NYC is already such an expensive marathon. And I'm willing to bet that the MTA makes up a lot of this revenue through increased subways use during that weekend.

And, while I know the fee would just be rolled into registration, it is funny to think about runners showing up to the start line with a **** ton of quarters.

I'd have a lot more sympathy for the NYRR if they were a nonprofit, but ultimately they have a lot of leverage. They are one of the few races that could probably double their entry fee and still fill up immediately.

They've had excess revenue of almost 60 million in the last 10 years.