The fans are arriving to the Barclays before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at Barclays Center. Credit: Jim McIsaac
We can at least say this for the Islanders’ final game in Brooklyn: It attracted a crowd nearly double the size of the one that bade the Dodgers farewell 62 ½ years earlier.
Strange, but true: Only 6,702 fans showed up on Sept. 24, 1957, to watch the Dodgers’ final game at Ebbets Field, a 2-0 victory over the Pirates behind a five-hit shutout by rookie Danny McDevitt.