Some sad, beautiful photos here, as work crews tore up the rink at Nassau Coliseum for the last time, as the Islanders will open next season in Brooklynās Barclays Center. Fort Neverlose was never prettyāand in its later years was barely functionalābut so much hockey history was made here, and more importantly thanā¦
Tonight's Islanders broadcast featured an interview with an original season ticket holderāthat's 42 seasonsāand it's quite a doozy. I don't want to spoil it for anybody, so I'll just say the interview touches on sex in the Nassau Coliseum parking lot and an interesting pregnancy decision that may have been made (it'sā¦
In October 2012, a month into the NHL lockout, with the schedule already beginning to crumble, the New York Islanders made a big announcement: Upon expiration of their lease in 2015, the Isles would be leaving the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, their publicly owned home of 40 years, for Brooklyn's Barclays Center.ā¦
This we knew, but now things are getting ugly. Even setting aside the actual product on the ice for a moment, the recent history of the Islanders in Nassau County has been miserable. A terrible lease for a terrible arena has kept them shackled in a county that can't afford to pay for anything even if it wasā¦
What a weird, weird scene this must have been. Saturday night the Nassau Coliseum, just days after learning it would soon lose the Islanders, played host to some kind of electronic music concert called "Haunted Coliseum" and peopleā"teens"āwent crazy. Depending on which report you read, anywhere from 50 to 100 peopleā¦
Yesterday the New York Islanders announced they'd be leaving their soulless, ancient, crumbling box in Uniondale in favor of Brooklyn's new (if rusty) Barclays Center when their lease expires in 2015. Judging by the Nassau Coliseum's Yelp reviews, no one is really going to miss it:
What you see above is the gift box for all of the envelopes Sarah and Mike received at their recent wedding reception in Island Park, N.Y. The photo was sent to us by commenter Bring Back Anthony Mason, who wrote:
