Islanders Will Play Full-Time At Nassau Coliseum Next Season

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said that the Islanders will "play their entire home schedule next season, along with any playoff games this season, at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum." Bettman's approval of a proposal that Cuomo and Nassau County Exec Laura Curran had "lobbied for brings the Islanders back to Long Island full-time five years after they left the old, pre-renovated Coliseum for Barclays Center." The team has "split the last two seasons between" Nassau Coliseum and Barclays Center. The team's "last game" at Barclays Center will be on March 22 against the Hurricanes. The Islanders are "scheduled to move to the 17,113-seat Belmont Park arena currently under construction" in October next year (NEWSDAY, 3/1). Cuomo said that N.Y. invested $6M in "improvements" for Nassau Coliseum to "satisfy the NHL's requirements" (N.Y. POST, 3/1).