More than $3.5 billion will be poured into various projects in the Town of Islip over the next 10 years, many hinging on Long Island MacArthur Airport and the surrounding area, community and business leaders said Tuesday.
Business and government leaders at the HIA-LI conference at MacArthur Airport discussed development of several projects that are underway including the town-owned airport in Ronkonkoma, the $2.8 billion Midway Crossing project and the planned expansion of publicly owned Jake’s 58 casino…
Jake’s 58 casino-hotel in Islandia is set for a $200 million expansion to the north, including 1,000 additional video lottery terminals, restaurants, pubs, conference rooms and a pool. Jake’s 58 also wants to partner with “one of the larger companies” for mobile sports betting, he said.
