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July 13, 2012
Gallof: Bad News Islanders Fans, New Nassau Coliseum Plan Is Fatally Flawed
County's Attempt To Find A Developer Will Likely Not Include Wang's Team
CBS New York
by B.D. Gallof
As far as many I have spoken to are concerned, it’s Brooklyn or splitsville.
“In the end this will only be decided by three people: Charles Wang, Gary Bettman and Bruce Ratner,” an Islanders source said, referring in obvious terms to the NHL’s commissioner and the kingpin of the Barclays Center.
“I would start looking around to see what the Brooklyn arena can handle,” the source said, referring to, among other things, a practice facility.
NoLandGrab: And don't forget David Blaine, Criss Angel and Doug Henning, since it will take a magician to fit an NHL franchise into an arena that was not designed to house an NHL franchise.
Posted by eric at July 13, 2012 10:46 AM