Posts About "Barclays Center"
Islanders Returning Home to Coliseum for 2020-21
March 1st, 2020 The New York Islanders returning home to the Nassau Coliseum for all their games during the 2020-21 season is some of the best news Islanders fans have heard in quite some time. With the new arena in Belmont being built and the renovation of the Coliseum during the past few years, the Islanders moved their home games to...
Islanders Coming Back Home for 7 More Games
September 25th, 2019 As the New York Islanders’ new home in Belmont officially broke ground on Monday, the team recently announced the addition of seven games that will be moved from the Barclays Center to the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Sunday, Oct. 6 vs. Winnipeg Jets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 vs. Edmonton Oilers at 7 p.m. Sunday,...
Islanders Ready to Usher in New Era in New Arena
September 25th, 2019 Monday was a busy day for the New York Islanders, who broke ground on their new Belmont Park Arena on Long Island. In addition to the groundbreaking, the Islanders announced that they would be moving seven of their regular-season games from the Barclays Center to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. With the games being added to the Long...
Islanders' Opportunity at Belmont Park
July 17th, 2019 July 9, 2019 was a big day for the New York Islanders. The announcement that developers had come to an agreement for a new full-service LIRR train station gives a new arena at Belmont Park a feeling of inevitability. Co-owner and alternative governer of the New York Islanders, Jon Ledecky and Commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman...
Islanders Fans Are "Fine" With Playoff Games in Brooklyn
April 28th, 2019 NEW YORK — With their team playing in the Eastern Conference semifinals, New York Islanders fans are back in Brooklyn for the first time in more than two months. And since it means they're doing well in the Stanley Cup playoffs, they're happy to be bac...
Islanders at Home – A House Divided
July 19th, 2018 Being a New York Islanders fan is not easy. Since the early 1980s when the team won four consecutive Stanley Cups, playoff appearances have been few and far between, making it difficult for fans to find anything to cheer about for an extended period of time. The news that they will finally be building a state-of-the-art, permanent home...
Rangers Need to Step up in Isles Rivalry
March 17th, 2018 The 2017-18 season has been a downright disaster for the New York Rangers. The only saving grace is in the hope that they change their luck against crosstown rival, the New York Islanders. Circle Apr. 5 on your calendar because if the Rangers could muster a victory at the Barclays Center, it would put a smile on the faces of those who...
3 Reasons Why Islanders Should Return to Long Island
October 1st, 2017 The Barclays Center seems to be bad luck for the Islanders, whose rocky ride in Brooklyn has been well documented since October 9, 2015. They didn't get off to a good start at their new arena, losing 3-2 to the Blackhawks in overtime. In the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Islanders beat the Panthers for the franchise's first series...
Where Will the Islanders Call Home?
July 28th, 2016 The marriage between the Barclays Center and the New York Islanders hasn’t been a very good one during its first year, to say the least. From a terrible new goal horn, that was later replaced, to some of the worst sightlines in the history of the NHL, there have been countless issues between club and arena since the 25-year union...
Escape From Brooklyn: Islanders Considering Move to Queens Says Report
July 21st, 2016 The New York Islanders move to Barclays Center has not been a smooth transition. The arena is probably most famous to hockey fans for the egregiously obstructed view seating in the NHL's second smallest rink. Not to mention all the press the rink got from player complaints about poor ice. Rumors have circulated for months that the...
The Islanders' New Home Is Now Playoff Tested
April 18th, 2016 It will never be the Nassau Coliseum, but the Barclays Center stepped up big time on Sunday night. The New York Islanders opened their new home for the playoffs with a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win in overtime. The Brooklyn arena was not built for hockey. This is not breaking news. There are about 1,500 obstructed view seats. The...
Report: Islanders Want Out Of Barclays Center Lease
February 20th, 2016 The relationship between the New York Islanders and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn hasn't been a good one since the start. From the lack of seating to the fact that there are terrible sight lines, things just aren't going good for the team and venue. Because of that, the team wants out of the lease that it is less than a full season...
Isles Fans Becoming Voice of the Underdog
February 14th, 2016 Early this week, Barclays Center announced its plans to raise season ticket prices in certain obstructed view sections for the Islanders’ 2016-17 season. Fans subject to the price hike could either bite the bullet and renew, or opt out of their seats by the middle of March. It was a sucker punch of sour news for those affected, coming...
