The Islanders and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment have until January to work out a new deal for Barclays Center, but increasingly it looks like the NHL wants out of Brooklyn.
On Thursday, the Islanders submitted a bid to New York State, offering to develop 43 vacant acres around Belmont Park in Queens into a sports and entertainment venue. Thursday was the deadline for bids.
The bid was officially submitted by a group calling itself New York Arena Partners, LLC, It includes Islander co-owners Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin, Sterling Project Development, an organization spearheaded by New York Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon, and Oak View Group, which is backed by Madison Square Garden.