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New York Islanders - Team
History & Information
An advertising executive named John Alogna
from East Meadow created the original version of the Islanders
logo with the NY over a silhouette of Long Island. The current
logo is similar, but features a darker shade of blue, a smaller
rendering of Long Island and a blue and orange border.
Before the 1995–96 season
the Islanders attempted to update their look. The result
was the unveiling of a logo depicting a fisherman holding
a hockey stick. The logo was a marketing disaster; the reaction
among the fan base was so negative that management announced
it would revert back to the original logo as soon as league
rules allowed them to do so. The traditional logo returned
as part of 1996-97's third jersey, and then became the main
jersey the following year.
New York Islanders
- Nassau Coliseum
Opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies
63 acres (255,000 m²) of Mitchel
Field, site of a former Army and Air Force base. The
facility is located in an unincorporated area of the Town
of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553
Zip Code.
The New York Raiders, intended by the
fledging World Hockey Association to be their flagship
franchise, was initially slated to play in the brand-new
Nassau Coliseum. However, Nassau
County didn't consider the WHA a professional league
and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders. Nassau County
retained William Shea to get an NHL team
to play in the new building. The NHL responded by hastily
awarding a franchise to Long Island — the New
York Islanders — which forced the Raiders to
play in Madison Square Garden, in the shadow of the New
York Rangers.
The Coliseum originally had a capacity
of 12,000 to 15,000 depending on the event, but in the
early 1980s the maximum capacity was increased to around
18,000. It currently seats 16,234 for hockey, up to 17,760
for concerts and 17,686 for boxing and wrestling. The Coliseum
is also used for concerts, large exhibitions and shows
of various kinds, as well as trade shows (44,000 square
feet at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center)
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