Isles owner: New facility bodes well for Belmont

Jon Ledecky has figured out the NHL equation for a successful franchise, and he has figured out how to get the answer within his grasp. Now the Islanders co-owner and the rest of the organization are just waiting to see if it’s finally theirs to have.

The equation starts easily enough: In order to make money, the team needs to win, and in order to win, the team needs good players. But maybe the final part isn’t as clear.

In a league with a hard salary cap, getting good players means recruiting them with more than just money. Teams need to be attractive on many fronts — and this is where Ledecky and his team await the decision of New York State concerning their bid to build a new arena for the Islanders at Belmont Park.

It was just over a month ago when they officially submitted the bid, and there has been no timetable on when they might hear back.

“I think we’re circling the airport,” Ledecky told The Post on Tuesday, “just waiting to be given a landing clue.”

In the meantime, Ledecky was showing off the renovated practice facility at Northwell Health Ice Center, in East Meadow, Long Island. Ledecky just sunk about $7 million into building an entire new back end, with highend comforts for the players and coaches, like hiring a world-class chef.

It is now at least on par with the best practice facilities in the league, with its own on-site cryo-chamber and an underwater treadmill for rehabbing injuries. The goal was to give the coaches and players every advantage possible, and for them not to have to go anywhere else for anything.

But the bigger goal for the Islanders organization as a whole is to become a more attractive place to play. That is why Ledecky put so much money into the practice facility, and has put so much stock into the Belmont project.

“There is no Plan B,” he said. “The way that [the practice facility] came together in such fast fashion is emblematic of what we can do if we were granted the right [to build] at Belmont. We would do it right, we would do it timely, and the team would have a permanent home.”