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Islanders At Barclays: The Good And The Bad

The Islanders have played two exhibition games at Barclays Center over the past week, and their new home has had mixed reviews in both the lead-up to the move and the start of their tenancy.

This week, we look at the positives and negatives from what we’ve seen so far during this transition to Brooklyn from Nassau Coliseum, where the team spent the first 43 years of its existence.

THE GOOD:

State-of-the-Art Facilities

 A view of the matrix board announcement of the New York Islanders' move to Brooklyn at Barclays Center on October 24, 2012. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
A view of the matrix board announcement of the New York Islanders’ move to Brooklyn at Barclays Center on October 24, 2012.