NickFromAstoria
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I think what we can realistically take from this is
- confirmation of actual talks between the club and city officials, including at city hall and at least the Queens boro prez
- Willets Point is on the table
- Willets Point is not necessarily likely -- "should anything sports-related get built"
- whether somewhere else is more likely is completely unknown
- The CitiField parking lot area is on the table for the Islanders, as is Belmont. I have to think they are for us as well, at least from city officials POV, even if the club is likely to reject the Belmont option as much as it can.
Yup. I suspect that they're really starting to worry that the Court of Appeals will rule against them on Willets West - in which case, the uncertainty (both legal and economic) that will settle over the developments on either side of CitiField could unravel the whole thing so it's worth finally reconsidering Plan B, hence the little trial balloons suddenly floating up.