Jeff Wilpon To Bring Islanders & MLS to Queens?

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Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wonder if the Islanders would consider Brooklyn, and once again rooming with the Nets.

I'd tend to doubt it as Brooklyn is more than a bit removed from their "home base" of suburban LI.
Moving there would almost certainly cause them to lose the majority of their current fan base and relegate them to an even more of a secondary status to the Rangers. At least now they've got a semi-autonomous territory of their own complete with a newspaper and other local media that treat them as news whereas I don't see the city papers or city people embracing them. Queens is a bit closer to home especially if a new arena is located near the Nassau border (near Belmont perhaps). Nowhere does it say that just because the Wilpons might get involved that the new joint has to be right next to Citi.

A soccer joint in the middle of multi-ethnic Queens, on the other hand, would be a nice fit and, along with the Jersey-based Red Bulls, make for a good east-side/west-side of NYC choice for fans.