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Nassau Coliseum hosted minor league hockey prior to the awarding of the Islanders franchise, an event that was brought back in 2005, when the Islanders-affiliated Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL) played two "home" games at the Coliseum in the absence of NHL hockey due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. Team's fans nicknamed the arena "Fort Neverlose" in honor of the team's strong home record during the finals. Their only loss was a 1–0 setback in Game 1 in 1984 to the Edmonton Oilers. The Islanders were 11–1 in Stanley Cup Finals games at the Coliseum. On February 8, 1983, the arena hosted the 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game, during which Wayne Gretzky scored four goals in the third period and was honored as the game's most valuable player.
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On April 22, 1976, the Islanders earned their first playoff series victory at the arena by defeating the Buffalo Sabres 3–2, and winning the series 4–2. The Islanders' first playoff win at the arena came on April 20, 1975, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2. The first Islanders' home win at the arena was on October 12, 1972, where they defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3–2. Flames forward Morris Stefaniw scored the first NHL goal in the building at 6:56 of the first period, while Ed Westfall scored the first goal for the Islanders, as the Flames won the game 3–2. On October 7, 1972, the first Islanders game in Nassau Coliseum was played as the Atlanta Flames visited the Islanders. The NHL responded by hastily awarding a franchise to Long Island-the New York Islanders-which forced the Raiders to play in Madison Square Garden, in the shadow of the New York Rangers. Nassau County retained William Shea to get an NHL team to play in the new building.
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However, the Nassau County government did not consider the WHA a fully professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders. The New York Raiders, intended by the fledgling World Hockey Association to be their flagship franchise, were slated to play in the new Nassau Coliseum in 1972–73. Those renovations resulted in drastically reduced capacities: 13,917 for hockey and 14,500 for basketball. Before closing for renovations in 2015 the Coliseum seated 16,170 for hockey, up to 18,511 for concerts and 17,686 for boxing. The Coliseum originally had a capacity of 13,000 to 15,000 depending on the event, and in the early 1980s the maximum capacity was increased to around 18,000. 3.4 Belmont Park arena and Islanders temporary return.In 2017, the venue became the new home of the Brooklyn Nets' NBA G League team, the Long Island Nets. It was also the home of the New York Nets (now known as the Brooklyn Nets) of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1972 to 1977. After the move was commercially unsuccessful, the team split its home schedule between Barclays and the renovated Coliseum from 2018 to 2020 and played the home portion of their 2020–21 season at the Coliseum, before moving to the new UBS Arena at Belmont Park for the 2021–22 season, which is also on Hempstead Turnpike, 7.7 miles (12.4 km) west of the Coliseum. The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) played at the Coliseum from 1972 to 2015 before moving to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In 2015, the arena was closed for a major renovation which was completed in April 2017. The Coliseum is used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions and shows as well as trade shows-44,000 square feet (4,100 m 2) at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center.
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The facility is in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. Opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies 63 acres (25 ha) of Mitchel Field, a former Army airfield, later an Air Force base. The Long Island venue is approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of Queens, and is also next to the Meadowbrook Parkway. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, east of New York City. The Coliseum prior to renovations in 2009 Long Island Nets ( G League) (2017–present) Nassau Inter-County Express: N70, N71, N72