UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Good morning!
Funny, they're always promising to blow this place up, or least leave it in the past, and yet we still wind up congregating here every summer.
I'm not a fan of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum -- and that's still the full formal name -- and never have been. It's as cramped as one would expect of any place constructed in the 1970s, but it's even cramped in that concept. There's barely a dozen feet ringing the main concourse, there's barely breathing room in the bowl, and only several massive renovations have spared it the big ball.
This actually will be the Islanders' last run here, as their new arena's well underway on the Belmont Stakes complex further across Long Island, a project only recently overseen by Travis Williams, now the Pirates' president. It'll be huge, state-of-the-art and all that stuff that'll have to be a culture shock to hockey fans here once it's experienced.
But hey, ambiance 'n' at.
Brewing question: If you're 30-ish or younger, how much did your parents or other older relatives have to do with your passion for hockey?
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Gerard's in Atlanta for baseball, and Dave and I are on Long Island for the sightseeing:
