Islanders to call Barclays home, say reports
A press conference this afternoon will reveal that the NHL’s New York Islanders will be moving to Barclays Center in 2015 at the latest, according to reports in the New York Post, Newsday and several other major media outlets.
The Islanders will keep their name, according to the reports, which quote anonymous sources. The team is owned by Charles Wang, who graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and donated a football field to the school.
The Islanders have played at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, since 1972-72, but they have reportedly long sought a new home. Last year, voters in Nassau County rejected a $400 million proposal to overhaul the coliseum. The Islanders’ lease ends in 2014-15.