I remember our politicians explaining that the lack of tourist shoppers from NYC had killed the original plan; as you see below, they are looking to get a casino there now. This was to be a shopping mall that provided entertainment (like Mall of America); now it will just be entertainment. Cabelas has moved on to a real mall that is open already.
“But as prominent a partner as any was Cabela’s, the hunting and fishing company that was slated to build a massive 187,000 square foot store at Xanadu. This was part of the controversial “entertainment-themed retail” that state officials said didn’t count as traditional shopping, in part because Cabela’s was to include a fishing pond as part of its offerings.(If you can stand to look at the color scheme of the current site, the hunter green segment of the former Xanadu site is where that Cabela’s store was supposed to be.)As late as 2009, Cabela’s was still in the mix – although executives with the publicly-traded company were less bullish on the opening date than the developer. By 2010, it was apparent that Cabela’s was out of the Xanadu business.Triple Five officials are mum on whether Cabela’s – or any other company – will be involved in the American Dream Meadowlands successor to Xanadu that is supposed to open in 2016.But in the meantime, Cabela’s has plans of its own in the region for 2016: the Nebraska-based company announced this week that it plans to break ground on a new, 90,000 square foot store adjacent to the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Mall. The opening would be in spring 2016.Coincidentally, that would leave the Cabela’s store there opening just a few months before a casino and hotel complex opens next door, should that Caesars-backed proposal get the go-ahead from New York State officials this fall.And if that casino is built, it may someday be in competition with a casino in the Meadowlands – one that would be built right near where the mega-Cabela’s was once supposed to open there. - See more at: http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/8674/cabelas-once-a-meadowlands-xanadu-anchor-may-wind-up-next-to-orange-county-ny-casino-instead/#sthash.Z6YDo7wi.dpuf";
“This was to be a shopping mall that provided entertainment (like Mall of America); now it will just be entertainment.”
You’ve already been given links to the still current plan to have 400 retail stores in the project along with the entertainment, sports, and tourism attractions. So, your assertion “now it will just be entertainment” without the previously planned “shopping mall” constitutes a lie insofar as you refuse to acknowledge the planned 400 retail stores.