The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum was once the gem of Nassau County and a symbol of our region’s status as an entertainment and sports center. It was home to Stanley Cup-winning New York Islanders and the world’s most renowned musical performers. It hosted 15,000-20,000 cheering, enthusiastic fans at a time and employed hundreds of Long Islanders.

Decades since its glory days, the Coliseum is now little more than an empty centerpiece of a 78-acre parking lot that continues to decay, while taxes continue to increase.

Las Vegas Sands, the world’s most valuable integrated resort company, is pursuing the redevelopment of this site as a multi-billion-dollar flagship hospitality, entertainment and casino project. Sands is now working to apply for one of three downstate New York gaming licenses to be awarded by the New York State Gaming Commission.

To date, the company has received near unanimous, bi-partisan support from the Nassau County Legislature and unprecedented support from the surrounding communities, business organizations, organized labor, and educational institutions.

Thanks to countless local partners and community advocates, Sands New York has built a wide coalition of support as it moves forward through various processes with different levels of government. The team is passionate about building a project that reflects its former glory and is truly worthy of the community it is building in. Sands looks forward to continuing collaborative relationships with Long Islanders of all backgrounds to create an integrated resort that YOU will be proud of for generations.