When it’s spelled out, you can see how it seemed like a good idea.
While many things were brought to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center from Nassau Coliseum in the Islanders move from their long-time home, the goal horn wasn’t one of them. It was given a test spin on Monday night and fans were not pleased.
The horn is a collaboration between the team and New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority — unlovingly known as MTA in the city. The collaboration shows. The horn sounds like a tubercular car horn making a final request on its death bed, combined with the terrible sound of a subway horn honking at ear piercing levels.
Take a listen to the horn below in a clip shared through the Barclay Center Twitter account on Monday night.
Introducing the new @nyislanders goal horn that we worked on with the MTA. pic.twitter.com/PcAwbuIAVc
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) September 29, 2015
Fans were not fans.
@_PatrickFlatley @mikeybeatz911 @barclayscenter @NYIslanders Is that an air raid horn?
— Dee Karl (@7thWoman) September 29, 2015
@NHL_Boss @barclayscenter @NYIslanders did the engineers tape 3 pinto horns together and smuggly nod to themselves?
— Deano (@DeanoThe3rd) September 29, 2015
@barclayscenter @NYIslanders Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?
— Brooklyn (@Brookie425) September 29, 2015
@barclayscenter @NYIslanders how do you not hear the same awful sound the rest of us are hearing? That's actually painful.
— Stephanie Shoemaker (@stephshoe94) September 29, 2015
@barclayscenter @NYIslanders it's bad enough we're forced to ride the MTA. PLEASE don't ruin our joyous goal moments by reminding of us this
— Matt Ruzz (@mruzz) September 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/LevityNYC/status/648677671434612736
@barclayscenter @NYIslanders Terrible. Sounds like a 1978 Honda Civic horn on Flatbush Avenue in traffic. #minorleague #FishSticks
— Young Ideas (@DickYoungsGhost) September 29, 2015
https://youtu.be/KAWoP1kncRE?t=46s
It goes on like that for a while, with more NSFW responses than not.
To their credit, it does sound like it should be a good idea. They’re in the city now. People ride the train to the game. They’re trying to convince fans in Nassau County to ride the train in for the game. There’s some logic here. It may take a little refining though.
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