Post by bromine on Dec 9, 2009 18:57:15 GMT -5
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New arena financing documents released yesterday leave the door open to the NHL’s Islanders joining the NBA’s Nets at the planned Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, and they also indicate that a once-record $400 million naming-rights deal the British bank agreed to pay over 20 years has been chopped to $200 million.
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The Goldman Sachs document says the Nets – who set an NBA futility record Wednesday by starting a season 0-18 -- are expected to be in the new arena by the middle of 2012, and for the first time indicates the Islanders could be leaving Long Island to join them.
“The New York Islanders could potentially become a tenant” at the Barclays Center, the document says.
But there’s one problem: When Ratner spiked Gehry’s original arena plan for a cheaper design, the size of the arena’s playing area was a casualty, and, as planned, it’s no longer wide enough to host pro hockey games.
However, with shovels yet in the ground anything could change, and Borough President Marty Markowitz told the Post in October that Brooklyn wants the lslanders.
Frustrated with the town of Hempstead’s lack of action on a proposed development plan that would provide the Islanders with a new arena, Islanders owner Charles Wang has said he’s exploring all options -- including relocation.
The Islanders current lease at the Nassau Coliseum runs through 2015, but there are provisions that allow them to leave early.
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I don't see the Isles leaving the NY area. It would be interesting to see them move to Brooklyn.
New arena financing documents released yesterday leave the door open to the NHL’s Islanders joining the NBA’s Nets at the planned Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, and they also indicate that a once-record $400 million naming-rights deal the British bank agreed to pay over 20 years has been chopped to $200 million.
...
The Goldman Sachs document says the Nets – who set an NBA futility record Wednesday by starting a season 0-18 -- are expected to be in the new arena by the middle of 2012, and for the first time indicates the Islanders could be leaving Long Island to join them.
“The New York Islanders could potentially become a tenant” at the Barclays Center, the document says.
But there’s one problem: When Ratner spiked Gehry’s original arena plan for a cheaper design, the size of the arena’s playing area was a casualty, and, as planned, it’s no longer wide enough to host pro hockey games.
However, with shovels yet in the ground anything could change, and Borough President Marty Markowitz told the Post in October that Brooklyn wants the lslanders.
Frustrated with the town of Hempstead’s lack of action on a proposed development plan that would provide the Islanders with a new arena, Islanders owner Charles Wang has said he’s exploring all options -- including relocation.
The Islanders current lease at the Nassau Coliseum runs through 2015, but there are provisions that allow them to leave early.
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I don't see the Isles leaving the NY area. It would be interesting to see them move to Brooklyn.