On Paper, Sound Tigers.
When last we left the saga of the "new" Nassau Coliseum, developer Bruce Ratner was being sued by his former partner in construction and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was being openly dismissive of the project actually coming to completion. In other words, everything was proceeding exactly as expected.
Adding to the wrinkles today was a report in Newsday about Ratner needing to meet several conditions before construction could begin at his estimated start date of this August, immediately following the termination of the Islanders lease with Nassau County.