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Originally Posted by seattleflamer
Except for the fact an NBA team played in the facility for decades. You're in NYC, I assume you've schelped down to Islander games just to take a peek. You're telling me NCC (or whatever it is called now) is NHL quality yet an NHL franchise plays there and it was bad when I went to games in mid/late 90s.
I don't recall Bettman forcing the Isles to move?
Is Key Arena state of the art and the most modern NBA facility? No and I'm not saying that but it was functional without all the bell and whistles. I don't recall Stern making the Sonics move based on Key Arena. He did support Bennett's plan however.
And frankly, if the Kings move to Seattle, guess where they'll play for a couple of years? Not the Tacoma Dome.
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Wait, where did I tell you that? Nassau Colliseum is a dump, it is anything but NHL quality, and if the Isles don't get a new building they will be moving. How you came to the conclusion that I think it's NHL quality is baffling.
You somehow seem to think that the presence of an NBA team in a building makes it NBA quality. Does that mean that Alaska Airlines Arena becomes NBA quality if the Kings play a couple of seasons there? Would the Olympia be NHL quality today if the Wings still played in it? I mean after all, an NHL team played in it for decades.
BTW, commissioners don't make owners move teams, owners move teams because their current location is less desirable than another location. A major factor in that is the arena.