The Islanders will play their entire home schedule next season, along with any playoff games this year and in 2021, at NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Saturday afternoon.
“This was about giving the fans the experience they wanted, because the attendance here is materially greater than it is in Brooklyn, and for the players, to really give them the opportunity to focus on a routine that will enhance their game experience,” Bettman said at the Coliseum before the Islanders’ game against the Boston Bruins.
Bettman’s approval of a proposal that Cuomo and Nassau County Executive Laura Curran had lobbied for brings the team back to Long Island full-time five years after the Islanders left the old, pre-renovated Coliseum for Barclays Center in Brooklyn.