New York City FC or the Islanders.
Which one will call Belmont Park home?
According to Newsday, a decision on which of those teams will build a stadium or an arena will be made at a news conference at the racetrack in Elmont, N.Y. Wednesday. Jim Baumbach and Robert Brodsky reported the story in the Long Island newspaper.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to attend the news conference, the paper said.
At a hearing at Elmont Memorial High School Dec. 10, NYCFC said its stadium would seat 26,000. It also would include 400,000 square feet of space for retail, a 5.2 acres community park and a two-acre soccer facility.
The MLS team has played at Yankee Stadium since its inception in 2015.
Belmont is not NYCFC’s top priority. The team is considering other possibilities, including the Harlem River Yards in the South Bronx, a spot near the stadium and in Flushing, Queens.
City and the Islanders are the only two bidders at Belmont, which is located mostly in Nassau County on Long Island. NYCFC would prefer to have a team in the five boroughs.
The Islanders have proposed an 18,000-seat arena, 435,000 square feet of space for retail, a hotel with 200 to 250 rooms and a 10,000-square foot “innovation center.”
The hockey team, which plays at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, has only targeted Elmont.
For the Newsday story, visit:
https://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islanders/belmont-park-decision-1.15508004
