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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 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.
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.
By the mid-2000s, Nassau Coliseum was the fourth-oldest facility in the NHL, behind the twice-renovated Madison Square Garden in Manhattan (which remains in use today), the Pittsburgh Civic Arena (built in 1961 and replaced in 2010), and Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton (built in 1974, replaced in 2016).
The team played their games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, on another part of Mitchel Field. In 2013, the New York Cosmos opened a new practice facility for the team with remodeled soccer fields within the large site, [8] and in 2019 the club announced that they would play their regular-season games at the complex. [9]
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).
Despite four championships and a combined regular season record of 114-26 (.814), New York averaged only 7,049 fans for their 70 home games from 1978-82, less than half-filling the Nassau Coliseum. Shortly after the team won its fourth and final MISL title in 1982, the team was sold.
Nassau Coliseum: Uniondale, NY: 5/1/73 is a two-CD live album by the Allman Brothers Band.It was recorded at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on May 1, 1973. The fourth archival concert release from the Allman Brothers Band Recording Company, it features the 1972 to 1976 lineup of the band – Gregg Allman (organ, guitar, vocals), Dickey Betts (guitar, vocals), Chuck Leavell (piano ...