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Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (commonly known as Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York. It was open from 1972 through 2015 and is currently undergoing renovation with an expected completion in 2017. The Coliseum is located approximately 19 miles (31 km) east of New York City on Long Island. Opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies 63 acres (25 ha) of Mitchel Field, site of a former Army and Air Force base. The facility was located in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. The Coliseum is used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions and shows of various kinds, as well as trade shows — 44,000 square feet (4,100 m2) at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center. The arena served as the home for the New York Islanders ice hockey team from 1972 to 2015 and the New York Nets basketball team from 1972 to 1977 and will serve as the new home of the Long Island Nets of the NBA D-League in the 2017-18 season.
Full Documentary (c) 2015 NHL Network
Tribute to 43 years of rocking the old barn.
What was it like to go to an Islanders game at Nassau Coliseum? From the parking lot's brutal wind to the sound of the goal horn, experience it here. Video footage taken before, during, and after Game 6 of the opening round of the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals. This was the final Islanders game at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Video shot and edited by Chris Buckley.
NY Islanders, Nassau Coliseum, Game 6, Washington Capitals, Final Minute, 2015
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Lets Go Islanders! Original video made by Nick Persaud.
My very first Islanders game, and what a game it was! Been a fan since '93, but being a city boy without a car, never made it to the Coliseum until I finally found a Hockey buddy on the Island :) Playoffs 2013 against the Pittsburgh Penguins (Game 4) - Casey Cizikas goal.
Before the final WWE event at the original Nassau Coliseum, The Chairman recalled WWE’s rich history in the venue with a special message to the Long Island crowd. See FULL episodes of Raw on WWE NETWORK: http://bit.ly/1wJ13X0 Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1i64OdT
With the New York Islanders set to move to Brooklyn, former players and team executives share their memories of the Nassau Coliseum.
i've got a picture of us as sophomores
i'm in a sportcoat, you're in a stupor
you still look super, just super sonic
kind of bionic, it's sort of ironic
i was impressed, you fell out of your dress
you fell off of the porch swing, we were kind of a mess
we were kind of uncertain as to where we should kiss
didn't think that you'd diss me
did you sleep with that hippie?
and i've got a feeling like i'm in the beatles
bigger than jesus, i'm getting shot at
it's getting hectic, there's so much traffic
i might never get it, it's behind the buildings
it's guarded by cameras, studied by doctors
wrapped up in plastic, it sleeps at the airport
skips all its classes, skips like a record
used to be better, do you remember?
used to have visions, used to believe em
haven't done any heavy stuff since the nassau coliseum
i was standing in my sister's raincoat, you said that i
looked debonair
the long island cops, they pulled off the top
they were wastin those longhairs, i just happened to be
there when the
guy selling domestics got himself busted, he didn't
have a license
couldn't be trusted
the girl selling t-shirts was kind of a freaker, first
she gets handcuffed
they started to beat her, i was so angry, you had just
left me
they had her pinned down, it was so easy, gotta admit
i can't forget it, i don't regret it
that i got some kicks in
and every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a
martyr back in the city
or in new jersey and not manhatten, or in the hamptons,
back on campus
and out in boston and out in cambridge and out in
brookline, back in brooklyn
and on the east coast, the carolinas, and in virginia
and in memphis
in the twin cities and on the west coast and in alaska
and coasta rica
and in jamaica and in miami, i wanna fuck you, i wanna
fuck you