The Village of Garden City has filed an action in state supreme court to ask that a 42 year lease of the Nassau Coliseum to the Las Vegas Sands corporation be annulled.
The lease is a part of a deal in which LV Sands would build a $6 billion casino with 400,000 square feet of gaming areas, 148,000 square feet of food, beverage and retail space, and a hotel with 1,670 guest rooms.
In 2023 LV Sands signed a 99-year lease with Nassau County for the 72 acre Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum site. However, that lease was voided by the courts because the legislature did not properly hold open meetings, and also that the state’s environmental review laws (SEQR) were not properly followed. That decision is under appeal.
