JJFIVEOH Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Were you the one gobbin Tommy's knob? You're one classy guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 You're one classy guy. Who cares? Your lovefest for Vokoun was absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) So, the Islanders were on the front page of NHL.com because they visited the Barclay Center, which, I didn't realize until now, was retrofitted from basketball-only. So it's weird. And pretty laughable. Keep in mind that this cost $1 billion to build. That's 5.3 times what it would cost to build the FNC today. And because it wasn't designed for hockey, the atrocious sightlines eliminate seats. It seats "14,500" for hockey, which is the smallest venue in the NHL and a move down from the 16,170 of the (dilapidated) Coliseum. It's like the team is skating in a world class college hockey rink- three NCAA venues have higher capacity. More pics here, including a pic of the scoreboard that's over there. I'm not knocking it that hard. I'm sure for the dollars-per-seat spent, it's a nice lavish place to catch a game, and everyone knows it'll be better than the Coliseum, but damned if it isn't funny looking. WANG'D. Edited September 13, 2013 by IKnowPhysics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 So, the Islanders were on the front page of NHL.com because they visited the Barclay Center, which, I didn't realize until now, was retrofitted from basketball-only. So it's weird. And pretty laughable. Keep in mind that this cost $1 billion to build. That's 5.3 times what it would cost to build the FNC today. And it seats "14,500" for hockey, which is the smallest venue in the NHL and a move down from the 16,170 of the (dilapidated) Coliseum. It's like the team is skating in a world class college hockey rink- three NCAA venues have higher capacity. More pics here, including a pic of the scoreboard that's over there. I'm not knocking it that hard. I'm sure for the dollars-per-seat spent, it's a nice lavish place to catch a game, and everyone knows it'll be better than the Coliseum, but damned if it isn't funny looking. WANG'D. Islanders hockey brought to you by Advil. Because trying to read the jumbotron is going to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Had to bring the capacity down to 14,500. It was the only way they could make it look 2/3 full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Heh, 14,500 is still more than their league-worst average attendance last year of 13,306. 13,306, by the way, is way up from their '10-'11 average attendance of 11,059. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I wonder how much a new location will change their attendance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Islanders hockey brought to you by Advil. Because trying to read the jumbotron is going to suck. Good luck doing the wave in there. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanbe Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 So, the Islanders were on the front page of NHL.com because they visited the Barclay Center, which, I didn't realize until now, was retrofitted from basketball-only. So it's weird. And pretty laughable. Keep in mind that this cost $1 billion to build. That's 5.3 times what it would cost to build the FNC today. And because it wasn't designed for hockey, the atrocious sightlines eliminate seats. It seats "14,500" for hockey, which is the smallest venue in the NHL and a move down from the 16,170 of the (dilapidated) Coliseum. It's like the team is skating in a world class college hockey rink- three NCAA venues have higher capacity. More pics here, including a pic of the scoreboard that's over there. I'm not knocking it that hard. I'm sure for the dollars-per-seat spent, it's a nice lavish place to catch a game, and everyone knows it'll be better than the Coliseum, but damned if it isn't funny looking. WANG'D. When the US Airway center was built in PHX years ago it was basketball only. When we got the Coyotes they had to play there where a couple of thousand seats could not see the entire ice surface. Ours was built with taxpayer money, bet the Brooklyn one was too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Dance Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 As much as the old Aud was loved, don't forget that after they "raised the roof" and added the balcony (i.e., orange seats), it hung down so low it blocked the view of the scoreboard from the upper blues. They had to install TV monitors so that fans could see how much time was left in the period. Every arena has its quirks. Although most of them don't cost $1,000,000,000.00 :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 It gets better. Barclays was originally going to pay $400M dollars for the naming rights for 20 years (a world record for an indoor arena), but renegotiated down to more than $200M dollars. Barclays does not have or even plan to have any retail bank branches in the US and did not put any of its own ATMs in the building. Zany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 It gets better. Barclays was originally going to pay $400M dollars for the naming rights for 20 years (a world record for an indoor arena), but renegotiated down to more than $200M dollars. Barclays does not have or even plan to have any retail bank branches in the US and did not put any of its own ATMs in the building. Zany. And they have their golf tourney in the States too. What's their deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chileanseabass Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 And they have their golf tourney in the States too. What's their deal? While they don't have any retail banking locations, I believe they're growing within the credit card industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Lot of Brits watch Golf on TV maybe? Lot of Brits sure as ###### don't go to Islanders games. Not sure what's up with their marketing. US FERC just fined the ###### out of them for gaming the energy markets though using new regulations that came as a result of the Enron energy market gaming-induced blackouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Lot of Brits watch Golf on TV maybe? Lot of Brits sure as ###### don't go to Islanders games. Not sure what's up with their marketing. US FERC just fined the ###### out of them for gaming the energy markets though using new regulations that came as a result of the Enron energy market gaming-induced blackouts. Don't see many going to Nets Basketball games either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) D ROY SIGNED? one year 4 mil with the BLUES.. Gonna get him a cup!...lol Edited September 13, 2013 by waldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 D ROY SIGNED? one year 4 mil with the BLUES.. Gonna get him a cup!...lol This literally happened two months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 This literally happened two months ago. As opposed to figuratively? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLaLaFontaine Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Cool This is plain awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Cool http://youtu.be/REAqCB9vfbU I think I'm actually more impressed that he never actually kicks a puck while doing all of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 As opposed to figuratively? It figuratively happened ages ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldo Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) This literally happened two months ago. I know...lol.. a very slow day here... I should have used the phil esposito signing! Edited September 13, 2013 by waldo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I know...lol.. a very slow day here... I should have used the phil esposito signing! :lol: that could be fun actually. Report old signings. A little history is always good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 BTW, pre season will have hybrid icing in effect. I'm still torn on the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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