The New York Islanders have reached an agreement to split “roughly half” their games at the refurbished Nassau Coliseum over the next three seasons, beginning in 2018-19, until their new arena at Belmont is completed.
The arrangement, reached with Barclays Sports Entertainment (BSE) which manages both Barclays Center and the Coliseum, was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo at an event promoting it Monday morning on the floor of the Coliseum Monday morning with a grand mix of bigwigs.
That included Cuomo, who pushed the Belmont development and also hyped an Isles’ interim return to the Coliseum, several Long Island politicians, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky, BSE leader Brett Yormark — who stressed and hyped the renovated Coliseum — and a handful of Islanders players including John Tavares.