It’s no surprise that Las Vegas Sands plans to apply for tax breaks through the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. After all, the Nassau IDA has long embraced anyone seeking tax assistance, always willing to dole out handouts, deals and breaks in what’s become an absurdly flawed system — one where everyone applies and everyone gets.
So, as Sands proposes building a casino resort on the land around Nassau Coliseum, why wouldn’t the publicly-traded casino giant do what every company and developer has done before — at the Coliseum site and beyond? It may not be the Colosseum, but the phrase “when in Rome …” certainly comes to mind.
