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Nassau Coliseum: A fixer-upper

The actual, snarkless AP caption for the photo above:

Tim Beach, Vice President of Game Operations and Events for the New York Islanders and Media Intern Josh Mevorach hold an 18 foot piece of aluminum flashing that fell 50 feet from the roof of the Nassau Coliseum due to severe weather. A 12 x 12 foot piece of aluminum flashing also fell during an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Uniondale, N.Y.  (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

A bit from the Post, under the heading "Nassau Coliseum Falling Apart":

Strong winds brought down two pieces of the aluminum façade that goes around the entire building at approximately 5:30 yesterday -- about 90 minutes before the Islanders hosted the Devils -- near the box office. The larger piece was 10 feet by 18 feet.

The jokes write themselves, what with the age of the building, the squabbles over the lease and a replacement venue, and the tales of locker room plumbing problems of yore.

But the nostalgic sap in me always come back to the acoustic purity of stuff like this:

Star-divide


While succeeding in modern NHL hockey requires the "enhanced revenue streams" and other assorted inflationary non-hockey mumbo-jumbo* a new venue provides, the act of watching hockey doesn't require any of that.

*This $5 pizza? Now magically an $8.50 pizza! Just for you! Progress! How 'bout a $12 beer with that? We'll even tell you when to cheer!

I've been to the glitzy new arenas with their shiny glass exteriors, plush seats, unfortunate sound-absorbing surfaces and special sections for corporate donors. I've also experienced some of the now-extinct old barns. Very real and overdue reasons for a new Islanders venue aside, when an intense NHL game is on the line and the crowd is there for hockey, I know which place I'd rather be: I'll take the frills-free noisy old barn, every time.

(Of course if I need to get to the bathroom or need a mid-game sushi, well that's another matter.)

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"Mid-game sushi"

Vastly underrated. Nothing says hockey like chopsticks and raw fish.

Perhaps today IS a good day to die.
- Klingon proverb

by fightoffyourdemons on Mar 14, 2010 1:30 PM EDT reply actions  

But the flip-side...

Too much in-game wasabi incites the masses.

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 14, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ahhhhh,

looks WAYYYYY too much like octopus for this boy’s tastes….does that mean they’ll start throwing it on the ice against Detroit next year?

by ogam5 on Mar 14, 2010 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Aw, man

I LOVE octopus! And squid, too, while we’re at it.

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 14, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

My neighborhood looks like a war zone

So I can’t blame old NVMC for losing a few pieces in the wind.

by ilopan on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

Yet no doubt this one will enter the timeline (“and one year pieces of the building were falling off!”), in complete disregard for the apocalyptic weather conditions this weekend.

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 14, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

So true

There was chaos all over Lynbrook, East Rockaway, Rockville Centre, it was really wild. There were roof tiles on the streets, uprooted trees blocking roads, LIPA fixing downed power lines all over, it was crazy!

Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)

by TheMetalChick on Mar 14, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Heh, glad everyone’s okay, I take it? It’s interesting to hear about from over here in “tornado alley,” where roof tile-ripping, tree-felling, power-outage storms are pretty much the norm every March, April and May.

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 15, 2010 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

A new arena opened in KC last year (hint-hint).

by Islesfan on Mar 14, 2010 8:31 PM EDT reply actions  

I don't get it

Which arena opened in K.C. last year? A bull-riding pen?

Lighthouse Hockey: What's wrong with lotteries? I've been in lots of lotteries.

by Dominik on Mar 14, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Who cares? They cant even afford the electric bill. They closed half their public schools because they are completely broke.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/10/national/main6287595.shtml

Screw KC.

Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)

by TheMetalChick on Mar 14, 2010 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

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