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March 31, 2009
Islanders have boro view
NY Daily News
By Nicholas Hirshon
CHARLES WANG isn't ruling out Queens in his power play to win a swanky new rink for the Islanders.
While the city is trying to force Willets Point property owners to sell by threatening to use eminent domain, Queens leaders are hoping to lure the NY Islanders hockey team:
Queens leaders hope to lure the Islanders as part of redevelopment plans for Willets Point, a gritty industrial zone of auto body shops. But Wang said the 62-acre tract near Citi Field "isn't even in the priority list."
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The Queens Chamber of Commerce is pitching Willets Point as an ideal spot for the four-time Stanley Cup champions given its proximity to highways and the No. 7 train.
Meanwhile, Wang hasn't given up on the NJ Nets:
Wang, who bid on the New Jersey Nets in 2003, told the crowd "it would be wonderful" for the hoops troupe - which played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 1977 - to return to Uniondale.
Nets owner Bruce Ratner's plans for an arena in Brooklyn are struggling amid dried-up financing, but team spokesman Barry Baum insisted the franchise will still move there.
Posted by lumi at March 31, 2009 5:32 AM