Nassau Coliseum has been Long Island’s home arena since 1972. A lot of New Yorkers have described the venue as a dump and with the arrival of the Barclay Center in Brooklyn and Madison Square Garden’s billion dollar transformation debuting in 2013, many questioned if this would be the end of the Nassau Coliseum. The New York Islanders relocating from Long Island to play hockey in Brooklyn has been the driving downhill force of the coliseum. Luckily for Long Islanders, it recently underwent a long overdue $130 million renovation and will open with Billy Joel followed by the Harlem Globetrotters in April of 2017.
I hope to interview someone involved in the renovation. I also have contact with people that work for Madison Square Garden and Barclay Center and look to see how they feel about the venues reemergence. Billy Joel does perform at the Garden for his 80th show on November 21st and I will be around the arena to ask some of his staff what to look forward to when they head to Billy Joel’s home arena in April. Lastly, I’ll interview people from my hometown in Long Island to see how they feel about the recent transformation.