Newsday · Jul 13, 2016
Jon Ledecky won't commit to Islanders games at Nassau Coliseum
New Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky on Wednesday pledged his support to Brooklyn as the team’s long-term home, but he would not do the same about potentially playing games at the renovated Nassau Coliseum.
The 2013 lease between Nassau County and Nassau Events Center, the entity formed by developer Bruce Ratner to renovate the Coliseum, included a clause that called for the Islanders to play six games per season at the new Coliseum.
But since then, Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Brooklyn Nets, purchased an 85-percent stake in Nassau Events Center and Ledecky and childhood friend Scott Malkin bought a controlling interest in the Islanders from Charles Wang.