Politicians from Nassau County have starting petitioning the NHL to allow the Islanders to play home playoff games at the Coliseum rather than Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, where the team and the league would make far more money.
Letters were sent to commissioner Gary Bettman on Tuesday, including ones from County Executive Laura Curran and State Assemblyman Ed Ra.
“It is no coincidence that the Islanders are putting up one of their best regular seasons in team history after coming back and playing some home games at the Nassau Coliseum,” Curran wrote (and shared on Twitter).
“On behalf of the thousands of Nassau County residents and Long Islanders who bleed orange and blue, I urge you to give our team the chance to make a bid for the Stanley Cup at the Nassau Coliseum.