No offense taken, that's exactly the issue I've had. No one wants to give me or say anything on the record either way. Not a "they're not doing anything" or a "they're doing something". It's incredibly frustrating not even knowing where they are in the process.The Islanders did not officially release anything. Both stories are sourced to people-familiar-with-the-discussions. That could be someone from be the Islanders, could be the other side, or a broker, etc. It could be an unofficial but sanctioned leak, or completely unapproved. Hard to judge given the unknowns. It does make the CGF stadium efforts seem remarkably airtight in comparison. All due respect to The Toe andNYCFCfan but there's no real evidence of any meaningful leaks. The established local media have nothing. And the info we have gotten here hasn't amounted to much. I believe our two are honest about what they've been told but at this point I have no confidence that either has been given anything meaningful by anyone with knowledge.
To be fair, even though the Islanders are as low as 9th on the NY area team depth chart, they still participate in one of the 4 major sports and local news will give them more space than NYCFC, but even with that, either NYCFC has absolutely nothing going on or this is an extraordinarily disciplined negotiating team, on both sides.
i believe he's talking about the barclay's center and you are talking about RB arena. but neither of you have told me who's on first?
That location is still hard for Suffolk county. As someone who's supported the Isles since he was a child and lived in Nassau most his life, it's a great location for me. But Barclays is actually better since I work in the city and take the LIRR. As long as they remain in NY I'm happy.So you are telling me that on 7/16 Elmont residents spontaneously protest the Cosmos soccer stadium and on 7/22 it is annouced that the NYRA is courting the Islanders for that same site.
IMHO, the Elmont site would be great for the Islanders. Most of their fanbase is still LI and its a better location than Nassau Coliseum since it has highway and LIRR access.
