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Nobody affiliated with the Islanders has mentioned a word about Kansas City since the exhibition game was played there, which was three years ago.
thats interesting may 2011, team officials in New York said the Islanders are still considering the Sprint Center in Kansas City as a possible option if plans on Long Island fall through.
thats interesting may 2011, team officials in New York said the Islanders are still considering the Sprint Center in Kansas City as a possible option if plans on Long Island fall through.
Take the hockey, the boxing, the Disney on Ice, the concerts, the circus and everything else and send them to Canada.
.....but give us manufacturing jobs. Because we're business friendly! hahahahahahahahahahaha
not quite what I said...I want a venue..a venue for more concerts, circus, disney, etc..even a sports, and something with culture....hockey is an out of date thing , that needs to go the way of the roller derby
Conversations about development around Nassau Coliseum first began in earnest in 2003. After Wang officially unveiled the project at a September 2004 news conference, his first stop in the approval process was Nassau County government, because the Coliseum and the land around it are owned by the county and he would need a lease to build on it.
Nassau County legislature Peter Schmitt recalled feeling uneasy about the lack of specifics in the plan. And he said he left Wang with a warning about the review process: "I told him, 'You have no idea what you're getting into.' "
In September 2005, Wang threw down his own marker at a breakfast of business leaders. "This is not a Suozzi project, it's not a D'Amato-Mondello project, it's a Wang project," he said, referring to Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat, and County GOP chairman Joseph Mondello
In 2005, county officials (Suozzi) threw a monkey wrench into Wang's plans by putting out a request for proposals, or RFP, to let other developers bid on the land, even though Wang was the owner of the Islanders.
In late 2007, armed with his successful RFP and a designated developer agreement, Wang took his Lighthouse to Hempstead Town, which would have to create a new zone to accommodate the mixed uses of the project. ................
murray DID NOT change the zoning...she KEPT the zoning which need to be changed for the crying wang.....
Read Mongoose's explanation directly above your post.
The front-runners at this very early stage are Brooklyn and Quebec City, with Kansas City, Mo.; Hamilton, Ontario; and Seattle regarded as much longer shots.
They are moving to an arena that sits 14K, but averaged 13K per game at the Coliseum. Hope the Isles lease is better in Brooklyn or they will still bleed cash.
not quite what I said...I want a venue..a venue for more concerts, circus, disney, etc..even a sports, and something with culture....hockey is an out of date thing , that needs to go the way of the roller derby
They are moving to an arena that sits 14K, but averaged 13K per game at the Coliseum. Hope the Isles lease is better in Brooklyn or they will still bleed cash.
I agree and wrote about this too. Gonna be a challenge to create a new fan base. The Coliseum/Isles are a station wagon kind of team. Come home, eat, load up the kids and go to the game. The Garden on weeknights is not kid-friendly. More suits and ties, die hard season tix holders, bridge and tunnel people who stay in the city (or live there) for the game. NJ Devils have big $ troubles, empty seats and THEY are still a good team! Barclay's might be similar.
Also, at 14.5k, tix will have to be really expensive for them to make a profit. Retrofitting will help but only if they can fill the seats. Wang has his work cut out for him. Still, these are business problems. Probably a lot easier than dealing with govt ineptitude and obstruction at every turn.
The Islanders have 99 problems but Kate Murray ain't one!
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