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After months of presentations and deliberations, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano selected Forest City Ratner Companies on Tuesday to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.
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By David Weingrad
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8/15/13
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Bayville businessman Bernard Shereck said it was a recent trip to a Long Island Ducks game in Central Islip with his wife and grandchildren that instilled his desire to create a family-friendly sports and entertainment atmosphere at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. His 10-year-old grandson, said Shereck, “Didn’t know if he was in Yankee Stadium or Citifield. All he knows is that he was at a baseball game, he was playing pitch and catch with one of the visiting outfielders, and at the end … he was given an autographed baseball.”
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By David Weingrad
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6/27/13
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The Blumenfeld Development Group is bidding on the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the fourth time. The Syosset-based company’s history with the arena began in the early 1970s when president Edward Blumenfeld bid on the New York Islanders, who at the time were being introduced to the NHL as an expansion team.
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By David Weingrad
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6/24/13
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A presentation on May 2 represented the next step in — and a new hope for — the future development of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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5/23/13
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Let’s face it: The golden years of the Nassau Coliseum have come and gone.
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5/9/13
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One of Long Island’s oldest structures that has always deserved attention and gotten little respect is the Nassau Coliseum.
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5/9/13
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The East Meadow business community has seen a string of closures during recent months. Whether it’s local-based national chains like Hooters or Zorn’s — both of which closed shortly after last October’s Hurricane Sandy — supermarkets like Pathmark, which had been in the community for 35 years and will close in May, or a local establishment like Potter’s Pub, which closed in early March after 40 years.
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By David Weingrad
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4/3/13
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After a months-long study, County Executive Ed Mangano has announced his intention to scale down the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Last week, Mangano formally issued a request for proposals, seeking a private company to reinvent the Uniondale complex. The plan, according to Mangano, is to downsize the arena from its current 16,000-seat capacity to the vicinity of 10,000 seats.
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By David Weingrad
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3/20/13
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NHL hockey has officially returned to the Nassau Coliseum.
On Saturday, Jan. 19, more than 16,000 people arrived at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale to watch the Islanders kick off the 2013 season against the New Jersey Devils. The Islanders lost the game, 2-1, but the team’s presence alone represented a “win” for hockey fans, who endured a four month-long lockout that kept them from watching Nassau County’s lone professional sports team.
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By David Weingrad
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1/24/13
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Although planning is still in the preliminary stages, funding for Nassau County’s redevelopment of the Hub area surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, was given a leg up in December when the New York State Regional Development Council Initiative awarded $500,000 to the county for the project.
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By Brian Croce
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1/9/13
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