Nassau County Executive Laura Curran will announce a new initiative Wednesday night to redevelop the Nassau Hub, the 77-acre area around NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum, saying the $1 billion plan for a new Islanders arena, retail and entertainment complex at Belmont Park “changes the landscape.”
Curran wants legislators and others to consider new possibilities for the tract including a bio-tech park; housing; pedestrian walkways; and a rapid bus transit system connecting the site to the Mineola and Hempstead Long Island Rail Road stations.
Curran said that given the competition with Belmont, plans for the largest undeveloped piece of county land need to be rethought.