Yesterday was a huge day for the New York Islanders, as they took another step towards making Belmont Park their permanent home. Despite the numerous community benefits, a handful of local Elmont and Floral Park residents still are against the arena.
The spinzone’s and hot takes coming out of the anti-arena folks have been interesting for some time, but this one might take the cake. One Floral Park Mom had this to say about the new arena:
“What’s going to protect our kids from tailgating? From maybe things that are more adult oriented…?