The former owner of the NHL's Islanders had a plan for a mixed use facility that would have shopping , entertainment and the team's new arena...........on his dime.
The local politicians nixed that deal for reasons that I am still not clear on.
Probably not hiring enough of their relatives or kicking back enough to them.
But it is an up hill battle.
I wish the folks behind it all the luck in the world.
But I am not optimistic.
These days , it requires a minor miracle to get a city council behind anything motorsports related.