On Tuesday, Cohen finally officially announced what has been obvious for months-that he was partnering with Hard Rock to try to build a casino in Flushing. Oh, you mean before that? The thing in very, very tiny font? The thing that Cohen's representatives conspicuously denied for several months as being the sole purpose of this whole development, despite a whole lot of reporting that they were lobbying for a casino? Instead of a parking lot, his reps asked in those meetings, what would Queens residents rather have-green space? A concert venue? A food hall? Local businesses?Įxcuse me, you might be asking, what was that? Yeah, a brand new subway station, Cohen's people pitched that.
That's the starting point for the conversation that Mets owner Steve Cohen has had with Queens residents over the past year, during his astroturfed 'community visioning' sessions on what to do with the barren 50 acres of asphalt sitting to the west of Citi Field, where Mets fans currently park their vehicles.
