Barclay centre tonight

[Reign of Fire]

This is very last minute, but I had a friend cancel on me last minute so if there are any CPers that would like to go to the game tonight, I got one extra ticket I am offering for free. First person to respond gets it. My contribution to many years on CP

[NinePack]

i1

[Reign of Fire]

Are you down to come NinePack?

[NinePack]

nvm , i thought i could make it , but i cannot , sorry!

Thanks for the great contribution!!

[Reign of Fire]

No problem. Ok I am heading out there now, I'll keep checking the forum to see if anyone wants to go. I am wearing a alternate Iginla jersey with the 30 year patch and a jordan cap, in case someone is interested in the ticket

[Benched]

real nice of you. too bad it's no where near me :P

[Hack&Lube]

Hopefully you are in the section that can actually see the west of the ice!

[Jordan!]

Wow, that's as bad as the old America West Arena. No way they stay there longer than 3 years

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Wow, that's as bad as the old America West Arena. No way they stay there longer than 3 years

The Isles are dead last in attendance, and most of the fanbase is irate. Brooklyn has not warmed up to the team, and from what I hear, the majority of fans are coming from the suburbs. Huge mistake to use the Barclays Center.

[Resolute 14]

They've apparently really overestimated demand in Brooklyn, and ticket prices are inflated. That's evidently why the lower bowl looks like a Hitmen game.

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow

Wow, that's as bad as the old America West Arena. No way they stay there longer than 3 years

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

The Isles are dead last in attendance, and most of the fanbase is irate. Brooklyn has not warmed up to the team, and from what I hear, the majority of fans are coming from the suburbs. Huge mistake to use the Barclays Center.

Even if they were selling out, it's still a mistake. The fact that they aren't getting much butts in the seats to start off makes it even moreso.

This can only last for a few years at most. They have to build a proper new hockey arena.

[Vulcan]

It looks like the Isles won't be leaving Barclay's for a while.

We've known about the arrangement for some time, but Hackel's article goes into more detail on the partnership through comments from Barclays and Nets CEO Brett Yormark. The Islanders have essentially turned their entire business operation - tickets, suites, sponsorships and others - over to the suits at Barclays, who in turn will fork over tens of millions to the club on a annual basis.

Essentially, the hockey team no longer administers or controls its own business operation, a highly unusual situation.
The agreement to move the franchise includes the provision that the arena pays Islanders ownership an annual sum to play at Barclays Center and, in exchange, Barclays Center acquired all ticket and suite sales, sponsorships, marketing and promotions and their revenue.
That arrangement was confirmed by Brett Yormark, the CEO of both the Barclays Center and the NBA Brooklyn Nets, the original team in the building, in a late June conversation.
Yormark added, "Charles made a promise to us and he's delivered a very good team to us, and we're going to monetize it."

The actual price tag still isn't known and Yormark isn't saying. But he does tell Hackel that the number is based on how much money Barclays brings in. Should the Islanders exceed the target, Barclays would keep the surplus. The team's share does have an unknown maximum, which Hackel pegs at possibly around $100 million using Yormark's clues and Forbes' franchise revenue list.

And no one would confirm how much the Islanders receive, although last year The New York Post reported that Barclays has guaranteed the Islanders $50 million annually.
Yormark told The Hockey News the maximum guarantee is contingent on the revenues his organization generates and claims it is a relatively easy target.
"We did make a revenue guarantee - I'm not going to discuss what the number is - but the number, when we hit it, would only put us 20th in the NHL in revenue," he said.

http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2015...arclays-center

[Drummer]

The tv views suck in this arena.

[JJ1532]

What, worse than the Coliseum where the TV camera was over to one side and not even at centre ice? Now that was awful.

[Iceman90]

Maybe the Islanders move to Vegas?

[Reign of Fire]

I was section 28 lower bowl, but you had to stand up to watch the one end...horrible arena for a pro league hockey team, and I don't even think they can fix it. It didn't feel like an NHL game, not many fans in stands.

Basically MSG >>>>>>>>>>Barclay

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by Iceman90

Maybe the Islanders move to Vegas?

Either that or up to Quebec, and allow two expansion teams to come to Vegas and say Kansas?

[Resolute 14]

Interesting find, Vulcan.

So basically, the owners of Barclays are guaranteeing the Islanders $50 million per season, and up to $100 million if they hit revenue targets? Yeah, this team isn't going anywhere any time soon, so people can stop day dreaming about relocation to Vegas or Quebec. People really need to stop dreaming about a relocation to Vegas especially. Expansion is happening. Get used to it.

[Chingas]

I heard it was a 15 year 67.5 million dollar contract, or was it a 10 year 87.5 million dollar deal?

[vanisleflamesfan]

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...+move+brooklyn