Long Island Business News reports:
Las Vegas Sands plans to purchase the long-term lease of the Nassau Coliseum site to develop a “multi-billion-dollar” casino and entertainment project at the Uniondale property.
Sands, which has been lobbying heavily to snag one of the three downstate casino licenses, will partner with RXR on the planned project, as RXR remains the master developer of the Coliseum site. But Sands will now take the lead on the project which will center around the casino.
So, given that we have a casino at Aqueduct, 7 miles from Citi Field, and one in Yonkers (18 miles away) and now this one at the site of the Coliseum (23 miles away, and as a former Northern Queens resident, the easiest of the three to get to from Citi Field – you guys can argue amongst yourselves about Aqueduct, there’s a reason there’s a Seinfeld episode about the Van Wyck)….why do we need a Citi Field Casino built on parkland?
I think Steve is a smart man and will realize we don’t. Also, Steve is an honorable man of his word, and since he truly wants to improve the parkland near Citi Field, I am hopeful he will agree he should adopt my “Boston Common” plan where we would move parking underground and top it with beautiful green space, which would truly improve the area and use parkland as intended. Thanks in advance Steve, you’re the best!
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Some of you might not understand why I use the Stonecutter image for casino posts….well, it goes back to an old Simpsons reference, You see, some people think there are secret deals between rich people and politicians and the rich people get to do whatever the hell they want, as parodied in this classic Simpsons but in which Homer finds himself at a meeting with Mayor Quimby and Mister Burns.
Simpsons fans might enjoy this clip in which Mr. Burns is meeting with the mayor who is excited Mr. Burns wants to build a casino on the waterfront.
