In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
How does brooklyn lose? More games played = more work days=more wages=more taxes
Brooklyn Wins bigtime the Russians love hockey & will surely go to see pro hockey its their favorite sport
Coney ilsland, sheepshead, & brighton is loaded with ruskies that love hockey
My russian girlfriend loves hockey wears her Rangers jersey alot! youll see alot of russian models -strippers attending games looking to hook a hockey player husband bigtime :woohoo:
Wang was smart to go to Barclays he gets brand new arena with added fanbase plus NY keeps a pro team in state.
All wang has to do now is get better players to rebuild rivarly w Rangers
In my opinion, the big winner here is Wang. Long Islanders lose and Brooklyn loses.
Long Island loses out in a huge way from lost revenue. But this is the repercussions from their vote. They didn't want to fund a new arena/complex/convention center.
On the Brooklyn side, I have a hard time believing they'll be able to fill the Barclays Center for Islanders games. You'll get a lot of Long Islanders who work in Manhattan to get to games after work but I just think it'll be much less than the convenience of having it in LI. Plus what about weekend games? Would LIers commute into BK on a weekend to checkout the Isles?
Plus, BK never struck me as a hockey town so I really wonder if they'll get any local proximity fans there. It's great that they get another professional team there. But they'll really have to put together a championship quality team to get much support.
How does brooklyn lose? More games played = more work days=more wages=more taxes
Brooklyn Wins bigtime the Russians love hockey & will surely go to see pro hockey its their favorite sport
Coney ilsland, sheepshead, & brighton is loaded with ruskies that love hockey
My russian girlfriend loves hockey wears her Rangers jersey alot! youll see alot of russian models -strippers attending games looking to hook a hockey player husband bigtime :woohoo:
Wang was smart to go to Barclays he gets brand new arena with added fanbase plus NY keeps a pro team in state.
All wang has to do now is get better players to rebuild rivarly w Rangers
You're optimistic on them being able to fill seats in the arena. I'm not. This team couldn't sell out Nassau Coliseum with a very dedicated fan base.
And be it as it may, Brooklyn is a hard commute within Brooklyn itself. Try getting from some of those areas and back when the public transportation is so spread out within BK.
I think Wang will sell the team. Your last sentence is what has escaped them for what seems like decades.
Keep the prices relatively low and you'll have the place packed with Bklyn hipsters checking out the ironic value of attending a professional sporting event kind of like they do at Red Bulls games.
You're optimistic on them being able to fill seats in the arena. I'm not. This team couldn't sell out Nassau Coliseum with a very dedicated fan base.
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