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January 27, 2009
The Case For Moving The Islanders
A chance to run for Kansas City may be coming soon. They should take it.
Forbes.com
By Tom Van Riper
While "Fishsticks" are floundering in Long Island, Bruce Ratner's lame duck Nets joins the rumormill.
When the New York Islanders announced they'd play an exhibition game in Kansas City, Mo.'s sparkling new Sprint Center next fall, they seemed to put jaded fans on notice: If Long Island doesn't want us, the heartland does.
For now, team officials insist there are no plans to relocate. But a move to Kansas City makes a lot of sense to the Islanders, a franchise losing some $20 million a year in the biggest sports market in America.
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There is one alternative: Wang could partner with New Jersey Nets owner and real estate developer Bruce Rattner (sic). His idea for an arena in Brooklyn, N.Y., 20 miles west of Nassau Coliseum, seems to be crumbling. If that project falls through, Plan B might include the Nets splitting time either with the Devils in Newark, N.J., or at a new Islanders arena on Long Island.
Posted by lumi at January 27, 2009 3:52 AM