<p>When Charles Wang bought the Islanders, he wanted to transform the area around Nassau Coliseum into a hub called the Lighthouse Project. Newsday reporter Jim Baumbach wrote about it at the time and remembers how Wang wanted to be a catalyst for Long Island.</p>


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