Two of New York’s major league sports franchises are expected to duke it out for the right to build a new home at Belmont Park racetrack.
New York City FC, the pro soccer team partly owned by the Yankees, is preparing the submit a bid to build a soccer stadium on the state-run property in Elmont, Long Island, near the Queens border, sources told The Post Monday night.
The likely submission would set up a big-time battle with the National Hockey League’s Islanders, which is looking to opt out of their 25-year lease with Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and return to its original home on Long Island.