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November 14, 2007
Coliseum project may be do or die for Isles
Newsday
NY Islanders owners have filed plans to turn the Nassau Coliseum into a "sports entertainment complex," but what happens if the plan gets shot down?
"Everyone asks me that question," Wang said when asked recently if there is a point at which he would have to move or sell the team. "I've been here on Long Island for 55 years. I don't want to go anywhere else.
"Yes, there is a point. But the last thing I want is for anything to be construed as a threat. If I wanted to, I could have made threats a long time ago. We've got to get it done. Lou Lamoriello got it done in New Jersey, and Bruce Ratner is getting it done in Brooklyn. We've never been this close before."
NoLandGrab: Sure, Charles Wang and his real estate partner Scott Rechler would like to be further down the road like Bruce Ratner, but is facing a bevy of law suits and doing an end-run around the local political process really "getting it done?"
Posted by lumi at November 14, 2007 4:17 AM