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in dollars) | architect = Welton Becket and Associates | project_manager = | structural engineer = Severud Associates〔(Severud Associates - Projects )〕 | services engineer = | general_contractor = Irwin Schlef〔 | main_contractors = | capacity = Ice hockey: 16,170 Basketball: 17,260 Concerts: 18,100 Boxing: 17,686 | suites = 32 | record_attendance = | dimensions = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = New York Islanders (NHL) (1972–2015) New York Nets (ABA/NBA) (1972–1977) New York Sets (WTT) (1974–1976) Long Island Tomahawks (NLL) (1975) New York Arrows (MISL) (1978–1984) New York Express (MISL) (1986–1987) Long Island Jawz (RHI) (1996) New York Saints (NLL) (1989–2003) New York Dragons (AFL) (2001–2008) New York Titans (NLL) (2007) | embedded = | website = }} Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (commonly known as Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York. It was open from 1972 through 2015 and is currently undergoing renovation with an expected completion in 2016. The Coliseum is located approximately east of New York City on Long Island. Opened in 1972, the Coliseum occupies of Mitchel Field, site of a former Army and Air Force base. The facility was located in the Town of Hempstead, within the Uniondale 11553 ZIP code. The Coliseum is used for sporting events, concerts, large exhibitions and shows of various kinds, as well as trade shows — at the main arena, 60,000 at the Expo Center. The arena served as the home for the New York Islanders ice hockey team from 1972 to 2015 and the New York Nets basketball team from 1972 to 1977. ==Sports== The Coliseum originally had a capacity of 13,000 to 15,000 depending on the event, and in the early 1980s the maximum capacity was increased to around 18,000. The Coliseum seats 16,170 for hockey, up to 18,100 for concerts and 17,686 for boxing. The Coliseum was home to the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association, and later the National Basketball Association, from 1972 to 1977. The first event held at the Coliseum was a Nets game against the Pittsburgh Condors on February 11, 1972. The Nets won two ABA Championships in the Coliseum, with Hall of Famer Julius Erving headlining the team. In 1973-74 the Nets defeated the Utah Stars in 5 games to capture their first title. The Nets then captured the final American Basketball Association Championship in 1976, defeating the Denver Nuggets in 6 games. Following the 1976 season the Nets joined the National Basketball Association as part of the ABA-NBA merger. After their first season in the NBA, the Nets franchise moved to New Jersey. The New Jersey Nets played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center before completion of a new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.〔 The Coliseum also hosted the New York Arrows and later the New York Express of the original Major Indoor Soccer League. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I mens college basketball, the Coliseum hosted the ECAC Metro Region Tournament organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) in 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981.〔(Varsity Pride: ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments )〕〔(Varsity Pride: 1978 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments )〕〔(jonfmorse.com Varsity Pride: 1979 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments )〕〔(Varsity Pride: 1980 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments )〕〔(Varsity Pride: 1981 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournaments )〕 It also has hosted first- and second-round games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1982, 1994, and 2001. The New York Sets of the World Team Tennis league played their first match at Nassau Coliseum on May 7, 1974, and won the WTT championships in 1976. The team changed its name to the New York Apples for the 1977 season, and began playing at Madison Square Garden and the Felt Forum and repeating as champions. The New York Raiders, intended by the fledgling World Hockey Association to be their flagship franchise, was initially slated to play in the brand-new Nassau Coliseum. However, Nassau County didn't consider the WHA a professional league and wanted nothing to do with the Raiders. Nassau County retained William Shea to get a National Hockey League (NHL) team to play in the new building. The NHL responded by hastily awarding a franchise to Long Island—the New York Islanders—which forced the Raiders to play in Madison Square Garden, in the shadow of the New York Rangers. On February 8, 1983, the arena hosted the 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game, during which Wayne Gretzky scored four goals in the third period and was honored as the game's most valuable player. On October 7, 1972, the first Islanders game in Nassau Coliseum was played as the Atlanta Flames visited the Islanders. Flames forward Morris Stefaniw scored the first NHL goal in the building at 6:56 of the first period, while Ed Westfall scored the first goal for the Islanders, as the Flames won the game 3-2. The Coliseum was home to the New York Saints of the National Lacrosse League from 1989 to 2003, but the Saints became an inactive team in 2004. In 2007, it was home to four of the New York Titans National Lacrosse League team's eight home games (along with Madison Square Garden). The Nassau Coliseum hosted minor league hockey prior to the awarding of the Islanders franchise, an event that was brought back in 2005, when the Islanders-affiliated Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League (AHL) played two "home" games at the Coliseum in the absence of National Hockey League (NHL) hockey due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. On April 17–18, 2009, the Sound Tigers played two of their home playoff games against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Coliseum due to a scheduling conflict at the Sound Tigers regular home, the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 2000 and 2005, the Professional Bull Riders brought their Built Ford Tough Series (originally Bud Light Cup) to the Coliseum. On February 24–25, 2006, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosted the 44th NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships. It's just the third time the annual event has been held on Long Island. Selling 17,755 tickets over three sessions, it broke (and still holds) the NYSPHSAA wrestling tournament attendance record. On April 25, 2015, the final Islanders game at Nassau Coliseum was held, Game 6 of their first round playoff series against the Washington Capitals. The game was won by the Islanders 3-1, forcing a Game 7 in Washington. The Islanders' Cal Clutterbuck scored the final NHL goal at the Coliseum, an empty net goal that put the Islanders up 3-1 at 19:07 of the 3rd period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/sports/hockey/at-nassau-coliseum-the-good-the-bad-and-the-still-hopeful.html?_r=0 )〕 However, the Islanders were denied entry into the second round of the playoffs as they lost Game 7 of the series to the Capitals in Washington two nights later, thus making Game 6 the final major-league sporting event to be held at the Coliseum. On May 25, 2015, it was announced by the Chairman of WWE, Vince McMahon, in an address to the crowd before its flagship show WWE Raw that it would be the final WWE event held at the Coliseum.〔(Mr. McMahon addresses the WWE Universe in Nassau Coliseum )〕 On November 5th, 2015, the Nets announced that their new NBADL team, to be named the Long Island Nets, will play at the renovated Coliseum starting in 2017 (the team will play their first season at their parent team's home, the Barclays Center). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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