NYCB Live's Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, shown on June 16. Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
The company that will operate the Islanders’ new arena at Belmont Park has expressed interest to Nassau County officials in potentially running NYCB Live’s Nassau Coliseum, according to sources familiar with the situation.
The arena development company Oak View Group is willing to run the Coliseum either on a short-term or long-term basis in an effort to help Nassau as it determines the future of the 14,500-seat, county-owned arena, sources said.
Oak View Group, which operates nearly two dozen arenas nationwide, has partnered with the Islanders and Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon on the $1.