People are bugging out at Nassau Coliseum’s insane parking prices
Billy Joel fans are livid after having to shell out $40 for parking at the new Nassau Coliseum Wednesday night for the piano man’s opening concert. “It’s too expensive,” Fiona Wang told NBC New York....
View ArticleKell Brook out to prove GGG destruction was a fluke
Kell Brook moved up two weight divisions to fight Gennady Golovkin last September and all he got for his effort was a broken eye socket. He’ll pick on somebody his own size Saturday when he defends his...
View ArticleIslanders won’t play games at Nassau Coliseum despite lease deal
In what seemed an inevitability, the Islanders are not going to play six games at the refurbished Nassau Coliseum next season, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email to The Post on Tuesday...
View ArticleEven the Islanders’ preseason doesn’t have a clear home
It’s unknown exactly where the Islanders will play home games in the future, but they are getting out of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at least once this preseason. The Islanders will play host to the...
View ArticleIslanders will get one game at Nassau Coliseum
The Islanders are returning to the Coliseum — for one preseason game. The team announced Thursday they will open their preseason Sept. 17 by playing host to the Flyers at NYCB Live, home of the newly...
View ArticleProkhorov pressuring Islanders to play at Nassau Coliseum
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, looking to protect a $165 million investment in the Nassau Coliseum, is pressuring the New York Islanders to play a significant number of games at the Long Island...
View ArticleNHL on Islanders’ Nassau Coliseum hopes: Keep dreaming
Just in case there needed to be another reminder, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated that there is almost no chance the Islanders will ever return to the renovated Nassau Coliseum. “I don’t view...
View ArticleIslanders owner: Forget Nassau, we’re focused on Belmont Park
Jon Ledecky wanted to make something crystal clear, the hope being to quiet the questions surrounding his Islanders and their pending arena impasse. “We have a singular focus at playing at Belmont...
View ArticleNHL not ruling out Islanders’ brief Coliseum return
For the first time since the Islanders left the Coliseum in 2015, the NHL has acknowledged that a short-term return is possible. While the team and New York State officially announced Wednesday that a...
View ArticleIslanders may play some more games at Nassau Coliseum
The goal of the Islanders playing games at the Nassau Coliseum before moving into a new arena at Belmont Park took a step toward reality Tuesday when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and a group of senior...
View ArticleBarclays pressuring Islanders into more Coliseum games
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is pressuring the New York Islanders to sign a new lease that will eventually have them play a majority of their home games at the Nassau Coliseum while their Belmont arena...
View ArticleGary Bettman takes another shot at Nassau Coliseum
TAMPA, Fla., — Gary Bettman had to laugh at a memory from the most recent time the All-Star game was down here, in 1999. When the NHL commissioner was shown the transcript of his media availability...
View ArticleIslanders to split time between Brooklyn, Long Island
The Islanders are moving back to Long Island sooner than expected — and taxpayers are footing the bill. The team will play nearly half of its home games over the next three seasons at the Nassau...
View ArticleHeated exchange, racism accusation between US tennis stars
American tennis upstart and world No. 43 Ryan Harrison was accused of racial discrimination by fellow American Donald Young after a New York Open match Monday night. Harrison, the tournament’s No. 6...
View ArticleBidders cry foul after Cuomo donor lands $1B Coliseum deal
One of Gov. Cuomo’s biggest donors has landed a $1 billion-plus deal to develop the area surrounding Nassau Coliseum — infuriating other bidders whose proposals were solicited, then discarded, by...
View ArticleWhat a surprise — Another Cuomo donor gets a huge payday
Another day, another huge public project granted to one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s megadonors — though Scott Rechler’s contributions to Nassau County Executive Laura Curran may be the main pay-to-play...
View ArticleThis old house: Islanders back at historic Nassau Coliseum
On Friday afternoon, Islanders coach Barry Trotz was reveling in telling stories about old minor league hockey rinks, because that’s what you do when you’re killing time in the bowels of a minor league...
View ArticleIt’s obvious where the Islanders belong
The feelings of these sights and sounds cannot be replicated. No, the Coliseum never was the nicest venue. No, it wasn’t in the most desirable locale. No, it wasn’t always packed the way most want to...
View ArticleColiseum magic eludes Islanders in shootout loss to Penguins
One after another, Ryan Pulock fired off his mammoth slap shot. It was five shot attempts total — three of them blocked, one wide, one on goal. Each time the Islanders defenseman drew his blade back,...
View ArticleLong Island pols push Coliseum for Islanders playoff games
Politicians from Nassau County have starting petitioning the NHL to allow the Islanders to play home playoff games at the Coliseum rather than Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, where the team and the league...
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