Islanders alumni, including Clark Gillies, toured the Belmont Park arena construction site on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. Photo Credit: Shelby Knowles
The Islanders future arena at Belmont Park will be technology forward — replete with virtual reality experiences and “smart” jerseys that change names when entering the building — team co-owner Jon Ledecky said Saturday, as he and dozens of Islanders alumni gathered near the construction site about two and a half weeks after the groundbreaking.
“That’s the future of sports, that’s the future of arenas,” Ledecky said, adding that they’ve tried to anticipate what technology will have become mainstream when the arena is slated to open in 2021.