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September 20, 2009
Barclays Center officials want Islanders to consider Brooklyn as future home
Cup Crazy's National Hockey League blog
This rumor of the Islanders eventually playing at a future arena seems particularly suspect. As far as we know, the proposed Nets arena will be unable to host hockey events.
Remember any talk in the recent past about the idea of the New York Islanders heading west to Brooklyn? It may not be a pipe dream for some fans.
According to Chris Botta of New York Islanders Point Blank, a National Hockey League source has told him that the team was approached by officials in charge of the Barclays Center project to consider their proposed arena as a future place to play. The state did approve the revised plans of the $800 million Atlantic Yards facility on Thursday (three days ago), but whether or not it will ultimately be built still is a question mark.
Posted by steve at September 20, 2009 8:33 AM