The Belmont Arena: Shovels and Lawsuits, a Long Island Tale

[Doshell Propivo]

Would be unbelievably awesome if they took all the dirt they're excavating and dumped it on the house on anyone against this project. Kind of like the dirt version of this...

Thai is what you fantasize about?

 

[MattMartin]

Took a new pic yesterday.

 

[PK Cronin]

Did you happen to find the pallet of cup holders yet? Need to know if they're going near the floor or on the arm rest.

 

[MattMartin]

Did you happen to find the pallet of cup holders yet? Need to know if they're going near the floor or on the arm rest.

Apparently they are coming in the next few weeks, will keep you posted. BTW, It's not a pallet, it's a 18 wheeler load from what I understand.

 

[lorwood]

At a certain point, and the project is rapidly approaching that point, any lawsuit stopping the project becomes moot as the building will basically already exist. Do you realize how much money it would take for reclamation of the property if it were to be stopped today? As the project approvals followed all laws and guidelines who would pay for such a reclamation? Certainly not the owners or developers. Now some party may be able to try and stop the rest of the planned project but that arena for all intensive purposes exists, if not today than a month or two from now.

 

[periferal]

Took a new pic yesterday.

I have to say...

Since they got the green light, these builders have put their head down and just sprinted forward without regard like an NFL fullback.

It's only been a short while, but seems like not a day goes by where they aren't doing something on the site. Not all construction projects are like that.

 

[doublechili]

seems like not a day goes by where they aren't doing something on the site. Not all construction projects are like that.

Do you mean like the roadside construction projects you drive by where there are like 10 guys standing around watching 1 guy working... and he's trying to open his lunchbox?

 

[Big L]

Took a new pic yesterday.

Are you doing work at the site?

 

[Doshell Propivo]

seems like not a day goes by where they aren't doing something on the site.

Funny how that works.

 

[crasherino]

Funny how that works.

Hey....we're union out here. Working on consecutive days is a big deal. Lets just be thankful these guys didn't read their CBA.

 

[Steve55]

Took a new pic yesterday.

Thanks for the pic

 

[ichabod13]

......for all intensive purposes......

That's funnier than a barrel full of monkeys!!!
"Intents AND purposes" my man..."Intents AND purposes".

 

[Doshell Propivo]

That's funnier than a barrel full of monkeys!!!
"Intents AND purposes" my man..."Intents AND purposes".

Give it a rest man. You come off like a real pre-madonna.

 

[doublechili]

Give it a rest man. You come off like a real pre-madonna.

Haha - your nuts!

 

[periferal]

Do you mean like the roadside construction projects you drive by where there are like 10 guys standing around watching 1 guy working... and he's trying to open his lunchbox?

Not even that...Like when you drive by a construction site and you haven't even seen a single worker on site for a month.

 

[Bones45]

Facial recognition so they can recall what you ordered last time? What imbecile thought that is a good idea?


Can Coliseum and Islanders' Belmont arena coexist?

 

[The Real JT]

Give it a rest man. You come off like a real pre-madonna.

Maybe he should "of" paid more attention in high school English class.

 

[The Lighthouse]

Facial recognition so they can recall what you ordered last time? What imbecile thought that is a good idea?


Can Coliseum and Islanders' Belmont arena coexist?

The most "innovative" way to buy food that I've seen recently was the "take what you want and head to the register" stands that they had in the Coliseum circa 2013. I haven't seen those back since then, but often they got you in and out quickly and had a variety of stuff you could grab. Soda, buffalo chicken wraps, etc.

 

[Steve55]

Belmont developers ask judge to dismiss lawsuit

By Jim Baumbach [email protected] @jimbaumbach

Updated October 28, 2019 1:23 PM (EDT)

New York Arena Partners -- the developers of the Islanders’ $1.3 billion sports arena and entertainment complex at Belmont Park -- asked a state judge late Friday to dismiss the Village of Floral Park’s lawsuit that seeks to stop construction...

Two state agencies involved in the project’s approval process -- Empire State Development and Franchise Oversight Board -- also filed separate requests to throw out the case in state Supreme Court in Mineola on Friday.

Floral Park’s lawsuit, filed last month, asked a judge to overturn all approvals, stop construction on the site and restart the environmental review process. It cited a flawed public bidding process and an inadequate environmental review that they say does not mitigate the project’s negative impacts on the village.

The Islanders group and the state agencies defended the bidding process, their outreach efforts and their mitigation conclusions in multiple court filings on Friday that totaled more than a thousand pages...

 

[xECK29x]

Facial recognition so they can recall what you ordered last time? What imbecile thought that is a good idea?


Can Coliseum and Islanders' Belmont arena coexist?

As a security guy I try to opt-out of all this crap

 

[MatthewBarnabysTears]

Facial recognition so they can recall what you ordered last time? What imbecile thought that is a good idea?


Can Coliseum and Islanders' Belmont arena coexist?

Sounds great. The customers get a minuscule benefit and the holding company that owns the arena gets a nice chunk of data to sell or hold as an asset.

We have a cool economy.

 

[xECK29x]

We have a cool economy.

Data is worth more then oil

 

[WagnerGrad96]

Re: "All Intensive purposes"

Give it a rest man. You come off like a real pre-madonna.

There's a point in life where the grammar police are necessary. This is one.

But, Pre-Madonna, there were many other hot female singers

 

[nyisles4life]

Floral Park seeks court order to stop work at Belmont

Floral Park officials submit request to halt Belmont Park construction

 

[The Lighthouse]

Floral Park seeks court order to stop work at Belmont

Floral Park officials submit request to halt Belmont Park construction

I'll take a closer look tomorrow, but this was only a matter of time. TROs if granted are only for a short period pending the decision on an application for preliminary injunction.