Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and developer Bruce Ratner gave a brief behind-the-scenes Coliseum project tour to the media, accompanied by architects and designers, on March 30, 2016. Although development began 3 months later than planned, Ratner asserts the project will be completed by March of 2017. (Credit: Newsday / Jeffrey Basinger)
Developers who are renovating the Nassau Coliseum have removed the arena’s old seats, gutted the entranceway and removed extensive amounts of asbestos, but say it will take until March 2017 to reopen the arena, three months later than originally planned.
Brooklyn developer Bruce Ratner, who is spending $260.