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Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:36 pm
by ProudofPride
The first sporting event to be held at the renovated Nassau Coliseum will be Kentucky men's basketball. In 2017 there will be a double header featuring national and local teams. Hopefully this will be a good thing for Hofstra.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nass ... 1.10082719
http://zagsblog.com/articles/kentucky-t ... m-in-2016/

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:17 pm
by ProudofPride
This needs to happen. Makes perfect sense.
Adam Zagoria ‏@AdamZagoria
Hofstra is a possible opponent for Kentucky in December 2016 at the Nassau Coliseum, per @ESPNAndyKatz .
https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/ ... 9622155264

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:46 pm
by HofstraPride1
That would be incredible, esp. since game will be on national TV. We may get blown out but would still be great exposure for school.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:46 am
by HofstraHockey
This project is really going to be completed in 18 months?

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:50 am
by stuball888
HH I question that too. We are talking about Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead. They make Washington look efficient.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:53 am
by HofstraHockey
That being said, college hockey across the street! Woo hoo. One thing the Islanders always did was that if you could sell X number of tickets to a certain game, you got to play on the Coliseum ice after their game for your men's league (I never got to, but countless friends did). I wonder if we could make that happen for this college hockey double-header....

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:20 pm
by Jojogunne
HofstraPride1 wrote:That would be incredible, esp. since game will be on national TV. We may get blown out but would still be great exposure for school.
"Kentucky Routs Hofstra, 107-49." Yeah, that will be great exposure.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 11:04 am
by HofstraPride1
They would have nothing to lose at all and being on national television would make whatever the result is worth it.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:47 am
by HUSID80
This can only be good for Hofstra and college sports on LI...We need to make sure that we are the host school and are involved with any college basketball events held there. I remember many years ago when we played St. John's at the Coliseum and they were the HOME TEAM because they were hosting NCAA Tournament games there....Can't HAPPEN! Only good news on that was that we BEAT THEM! Maybe they should open with Hofstra vs. St John's...

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:57 pm
by Wags
HUSID80 wrote: Maybe they should open with Hofstra vs. St John's
They could, but they want to sell as many tickets as possible.

Sad to admit, but more fringe fans from this area would flock there to see to Kentucky rout Hofstra than see St. John's and Hofstra (which I too, would rather see as the the first game at the new Coliseum).

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:55 pm
by HUSID80
Play a doubleheader HU vs SJU Kentucky vs Jay Wright and Villanova

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:38 pm
by HofstraHockey
So here's a shock- it's already in litigation. http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nass ... 1.10140045

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:38 pm
by stuball888
Dont be surprised if it takes ten years to get this project done.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:15 pm
by HofstraPride1
I sure hope not Stu!

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:18 pm
by stuball888
wanted to do some renovations on my gym. It is in year 8 now with all the delays.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:22 am
by HofstraHockey

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 2:34 pm
by ProudofPride
The Nets are bringing a new D-League team to the Coliseum starting next year.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/05/nets-getti ... -coliseum/

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:53 pm
by HofstraHockey
HUSID80 wrote:This can only be good for Hofstra and college sports on LI...We need to make sure that we are the host school and are involved with any college basketball events held there. I remember many years ago when we played St. John's at the Coliseum and they were the HOME TEAM because they were hosting NCAA Tournament games there....Can't HAPPEN! Only good news on that was that we BEAT THEM! Maybe they should open with Hofstra vs. St John's...
I don't know who will be the "home" team for this game, but I know that Kentucky gets the majority of the cash. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a Hofstra home game so that Kentucky can get another one at home on their schedule.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:35 am
by ProudofPride
The Coliseum is a contender to host the MAAC championship. I think it would be a well located neutral site for them, and it could be a good thing for Nassau County. http://www.nycbuckets.com/2015/12/maac- ... -coliseum/

Skimming through some of their boards, they don't want it there. And they still can't figure out why Hofstra isn't in the MAAC. They don't realize how much of a downgrade it would be for us in virtually every other sport but basketball, and we'd lose a lot of our current full-time assistant coaches. Plus, the basketball teams would be forced to play in even more "high school gyms" than they already are. No thank you.

Re: Nassau Coliseum

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:18 am
by HofstraPride1
It would be great if Hofstra could get CAA to hold tourney at Coliseum.