Fans of the Islanders' Adam Pelech cheer during a game against the Arizona Coyotes at UBS Arena on Jan. 21, 2022. Credit: Jim McIsaac
UBS Arena mostly has gotten rave reviews in the four months since it opened – at least for the arena itself if not for the logistics involved in getting there and back.
But there has been a detour on the road to it becoming a hot destination on the New York-area sports scene: an Islanders season that has gone awry.
The home team’s fall off the NHL playoff map has been accompanied by a similarly drastic fall in the value of its tickets on the secondary market.