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The team began play in December 2019 with its home arena being the Nassau Coliseum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Riptide mark the return of the National Lacrosse League to the Long Island area after the departure of the New York Saints ( 1989 – 2003 ) and the New York Titans ( 2006 – 2009 ), both of whom also played at Nassau Coliseum.
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island. The venue is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City , adjacent to the Meadowbrook Parkway .
The New York Islanders move half of their home schedule to their former arena, Nassau Coliseum, while continuing to play half their home games at Barclays Center. The Scottrade Center was renamed Enterprise Center. The Air Canada Centre was renamed Scotiabank Arena. Totals do not include two outdoor regular-season and international games.
The event took place on August 25, 2002, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. With this event, SummerSlam became the first pay-per-view to have events in the three major indoor venues in the New York metropolitan area .
Banners displayed along the outside of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in 2009, promoting the Lighthouse Project. The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum was currently the second-oldest arena in active use by an NHL team (after Madison Square Garden), and had the second smallest capacity of all arenas in the NHL (after MTS Centre).
[160] [161] [162] Nassau Coliseum hosted their home playoff games during the first round while the Barclays Center hosted their home games for the rest of the playoffs. [159] [163] In the first round of the 2019 playoffs, the Islanders swept the Pittsburgh Penguins, and in the second round the team was swept by the Carolina Hurricanes. [164]
The franchise played in Des Moines, Iowa from 1995 to 2000, as the Iowa Barnstormers.The team had been successful in Iowa, having reached the ArenaBowl in 1996 and 1997.From 1995 to 1997, the team's starting quarterback was Kurt Warner, who moved up to the National Football League in 1998 and became an NFL MVP and Super Bowl winning quarterback.
Live Phish 04.03.98 is a live album by American rock group Phish, which was recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on April 3, 1998, which serves as the second night of the band's four-night "Island Tour".