When Verlin Laine and Su Chen consider Las Vegas Sands’ $4 billion proposal for a casino and resort at the Nassau Coliseum site, they see an opportunity to grow the information technology business they started in Valley Stream during the pandemic.

“It’s a win-win,” said Laine, co-owner of TeamLogic IT and whose business would be interested in subcontracting work for the project. “This is right up our alley. Maybe they would hire us and then we’d hire more engineers.”

Uniondale resident Pearl Jacobs, however, is among the most vocal members of the grassroots “Say No to the Casino” group. She sees an enormous development that could reduce property values, increase traffic and bring social ills to the place she’s lived for more than 30 years.