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Lease details not final before arena vote

Originally published: July 16, 2011 10:21 PM
Updated: July 16, 2011 10:56 PM
By TED PHILLIPS  ted.phillips@newsday.com

The Nassau Coliseum. (July 6, 2011)

Photo credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas | The Nassau Coliseum. (July 6, 2011)

The exact conditions of the lease between Nassau County and the operator of a new Coliseum for the Islanders won't be final before the Aug. 1 referendum on a $400-million bond issue to build the arena and a ballpark.

The document, which is intended to spell out in detail the financial basis for the deal, is incomplete because, in part, officials had just a few weeks to work it out in the lead-up...

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