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August 22, 2011
First the Nets, Now the Islanders?
NHL team may join the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center
Park Slope Patch
by McCarton Ackerman
Yes, the Islanders may move to Brooklyn — and a giant spaceship may land in Prospect Park and disgorge Snuffleupagus.
Brooklyn will soon be getting a long-awaited professional basketball team when the Nets take the court at the Barclays Center, but a pro hockey team may also be in the cards as well.
According to Gothamist, real estate developer Bruce Ratner and Nets CEO Brett Yomark met NHL league officials at their headquarters in Manhattan last week to express interest in bringing the New York Islanders to Brooklyn.
NoLandGrab: Good grief! Gothamist, which was picking up a Newsday story, that was riffing on some other media report, actually wrote that "spokespeople declined to discuss what exactly was talked about." Yes, the Islanders are definitely moving to Brooklyn.
Posted by eric at August 22, 2011 9:27 PM