UBS Arena: Lower the Roof

[Steve55]

Marshall: Inside the Islanders' new Belmont Arena

October 9, 2020 2:40 PM (EDT)

Even before Friday’s "topping off" ceremony — where the last steel beam was raised — Oak View Group chief executive Tim Leiweke, a partner in Belmont Park’s redevelopment, has been pushing to make the project a symbol and a sign of Long Island’s comeback...

Leiweke is hoping to have the arena ready to go by November 2021, he said, noting that it remains on schedule despite the work stoppage during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. And the new Long Island Rail Road station at the site is on schedule, too, he added...

The redevelopment at Belmont Park is a joint venture between Oak View, the New York Islanders, and Sterling Project Development, the real estate group controlled by the Wilpon family...

And among those partners, the $1 billion arena is "fully funded," Leiweke told the LIA, noting that Oak View has put in $250 million in equity into the project, and the debt it needed to secure is "locked down."...

 

[PK Cronin]

 

[Steve55]

 

[Big L]

Is Brian good at math? Did he put decimal point in the wrong place? 25000 sf is more than half an acre. A sheet of ice is only like 17000 sf.

 

[thedonger]

Is Brian good at math? Did he put decimal point in the wrong place? 25000 sf is more than half an acre. A sheet of ice is only like 17000 sf.

was gonna say, their locker room is the size of a mcmansion.

 

[eoin92]

was gonna say, their locker room is the size of a mcmansion.

It’s bigger than that. It’s the size of three mansions. A house is considered a mansion at 8,000 square feet.

 

[SI90]

New York Islanders, Oak View Group want virus-killing air systems in new UBS Arena

 

[eoin92]

New York Islanders, Oak View Group want virus-killing air systems in new UBS Arena

This better not affect the cup holders.

 

[Big L]

was gonna say, their locker room is the size of a mcmansion.

That’s a full-on mansion. Maybe two.

each player and coach gets a 1000sf locker lol

 

[Quickdraw2828]

I hope the new arena doesn't have high railings like Barclays had. The first few times I went there I thought I had a good seat only to be blocked by a railing. Based on everything I see at work though, ridiculous safety rules are the new trend. What happened to the good old days when we let the morons fall by the wayside.

 

[MJF]

I hope the new arena doesn't have high railings like Barclays had. The first few times I went there I thought I had a good seat only to be blocked by a railing. Based on everything I see at work though, ridiculous safety rules are the new trend. What happened to the good old days when we let the morons fall by the wayside.

Lawyers happened.

 

[Throttle]

I would like to propose the Isles do a jersey upgrade program for year 1 of Belmont. Of course it will have some commemorative patch on the current jersey. It would be great for them to do a promo to upgrade/exchange, etc. of all pumpkin and black lettered jerseys to get rid of them from the population.

 

[Strummergas]

I would like to propose the Isles do a jersey upgrade program for year 1 of Belmont. Of course it will have some commemorative patch on the current jersey. It would be great for them to do a promo to upgrade/exchange, etc. of all pumpkin and black lettered jerseys to get rid of them from the population.

Love this idea. Would be nice if they added the shitty Fisherman garb to that list, but seeing as they're actively marketing that garbage look, there's no way that would happen.

 

[sabremike]

Lawyers happened.

No lie: several years back at a game in the Coliseum there was a guy sitting right in front of me bragging that he was the lawyer behind the case that forced them to add rails in all the aisles.

 

[sabremike]

New York Islanders, Oak View Group want virus-killing air systems in new UBS Arena

Will come in very handy when the rags and their fans visit.

 

[Throttle]

Love this idea. Would be nice if they added the shitty Fisherman garb to that list, but seeing as they're actively marketing that garbage look, there's no way that would happen.

That one was comically bad. It has some appeal in an odd way. It is what it is. The pumpkin and black lettered - someone actually thought those were a good idea based on whatever choices were presented to them at that time. They should just fade into the background to be unseen.

 

[The Lighthouse]

Love this idea. Would be nice if they added the shitty Fisherman garb to that list, but seeing as they're actively marketing that garbage look, there's no way that would happen.

They can do something with that Lighthouse logo though - I don't mind that at all.

 

[periferal]

They can do something with that Lighthouse logo though - I don't mind that at all.

Oh really...? You wouldn't mind if they incorporated the Lighthouse logo in? Didn't see that coming...

 

[The Lighthouse]

Oh really...? You wouldn't mind if they incorporated the Lighthouse logo in? Didn't see that coming...

I know, I'm sure it comes as a shock.

 

[Strummergas]

They can do something with that Lighthouse logo though - I don't mind that at all.

The Lighthouse is just fine. They could put it on hats, t-shirts, etc.

 

[doublechili]

IMO a good transitional logo from the old regime to the new Belmont regime would be a fire-breathing racehorse with dragon wings and a fisherman jockey, flying around a lighthouse while being chased by a police helicopter.

Does anyone have Ledecky's email address so I can pass this idea along to him?

 

[The Real JT]

I hope the new arena doesn't have high railings like Barclays had. The first few times I went there I thought I had a good seat only to be blocked by a railing. Based on everything I see at work though, ridiculous safety rules are the new trend. What happened to the good old days when we let the morons fall by the wayside.

I too, am a big fan of Darwin.

 

[Throttle]

IMO a good transitional logo from the old regime to the new Belmont regime would be a fire-breathing racehorse with dragon wings and a fisherman jockey, flying around a lighthouse while being chased by a police helicopter.

Does anyone have Ledecky's email address so I can pass this idea along to him?

How about a headless fisherman riding on the horse?

 

[doublechili]

How about a headless fisherman riding on the horse?

That's got potential.

 

[PK Cronin]

IMO a good transitional logo from the old regime to the new Belmont regime would be a fire-breathing racehorse with dragon wings and a fisherman jockey, flying around a lighthouse while being chased by a police helicopter.

Does anyone have Ledecky's email address so I can pass this idea along to him?

How about a headless fisherman riding on the horse?

Swap in a seahorse instead.