The New York Islanders are moving back to Long Island sooner than expected — and taxpayers are footing the bill.
The team will play half its home games at their old home in the Nassau Coliseum while their new Belmont Park arena is being built, after the state agreed to cough up $6 million to get the just-renovated “Old Barn” back up to NHL standards, Gov. Cuomo announced Monday.
“Changes that the NHL requires will be made. The number of games the Islanders will play at the Coliseum over the next three years will be split between Barclays half and half,” Cuomo said.