HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) — Hartford is making a play for the Islanders.
Four days after Bloomberg reported that Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is preparing to evict the Islanders, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin sent a letter to the team’s owners suggesting Hartford’s XL Center as a temporary — or perhaps permanent — home.
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“This is a ready market anxious for an NHL team, eager to fill seats, buy merchandise, and support your team,” the two Democrats wrote in the letter, obtained by CBS affiliate WFSB.