One last run at the ‘Old Barn’
Soon-to-Be Brooklyn Islanders embark on final season in L.I.
At this time next year, Brooklynites will be gathering Downtown for the arrival of our borough’s second major pro sports franchise in three years.
The Nets officially cracked the seal on the Barclays Center in November of 2012, ending a drought of more than a half century since Brooklyn had a big-time team to call its own.
But come October 2015, the state-of-the-art facility on the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues will be the official home of the NHL’s New York Islanders, who have already played a pair of exhibition contests on Brooklyn ice.