This week's casino license selections set up the possibility of economic revitalization around a baseball stadium and racetrack in Queens and a golf course in the Bronx, while an asphalt-encrusted arena in Nassau County still sits empty.

All three available downstate casino licenses are expected to be issued to Hard Rock Metropolitan Park at Citi Field, Resorts World at Aqueduct and Bally's at Ferry Point, likely eliminating any revisiting of a casino in Nassau.

Now what? After six decades of failure due to a variety of political, financial, legal and other factors, what's next for the Nassau Hub?

Even though Las Vegas Sands pulled out of the casino licensing process in April, the gaming giant still holds the lease on the Hub. But the current lease is thin on details, requiring Sands

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