Back to the New York Islanders Newsfeed

Bettman: Isles eyeing Belmont RFP, arena dance continues to pick up speed

If it felt like this week was just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle too quiet for the Islanders, I’m happy to report that your ESP or other latent mutant telepathy powers are still functioning as normal.

Per a new article in Newsday, the team will indeed bid on building an arena at the Belmont Park site that everyone and their grandmother with a 516 or 613 area code kinda already figured they would be. In this case, that grandmother is none other than NHL commissioner Gary Bettman who spilled the beans during an AP Sports Editors conference (and who used to have a 516 area code).