There are many aspects of a new Islanders era that are just now converging into the same timeline, and between UBS "securing the naming rights to the team's new Belmont Park arena last month" and the current success in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the franchise's "outlook does dazzle," according to Mollie Walker of the N.Y. POST. Islanders co-Owner Jon Ledecky kept fans in mind when he focused on "how to appropriately capture the tradition and culture he hopes to instill in the new arena." Through the "Preview Clubs," a lavish fifth-floor space in Manhattan's Flatiron District, Ledecky "created a mockup of the arena's aesthetics to give high-end sponsors, advertisers and potential suite buyers a taste of what the UBS Arena will be like." Ledecky "considers himself to be a steward of the franchise, leading it out of a difficult era with two homes." The Islanders "have been bouncing between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum." Ledecky first entered a deal to purchase the team from Charles Wang in '14, and said that he "felt he learned a lot, from an owner's standpoint, while trying to manage the obstacles the franchise faced during that period" (N.Y. POST, 8/17).
