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 ===Professional wrestling===
-Nassau has been a mainstay of [[WWE]] for over 30 years, and has hosted ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' many times, including the taping of a ''SmackDown'' episode where professional wrestler [[Droz (wrestler)|Droz]] suffered a (untelevised) career-ending injury in 1999. On August 25, 2002, [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]] was hosted at the Coliseum. On April 10, 2017, the renovated Coliseum hosted its first episode of ''Raw''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2017/4/10/15240304/wwe-raw-results-live-blog-april-10-2017-superstar-shakeup-reigns-angle-bryan-mcmahon-smackdown|title=Raw results, live blog: Superstar Shake-up|work=Cageside Seats|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> In October 2018, the Coliseum hosted [[WWE Evolution|Evolution]], the promotion's first all-women's pay-per-view event, <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/wwe-evolution-all-women-pay-per-view-ppv-raw/|title=WWE Sets First-Ever All-Women Pay-Per-View Event 'Evolution'|date=2018-07-23|work=TheWrap|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref>
+Nassau has been a mainstay of [[WWE]] for over 30 years, and has hosted ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' many times, including the taping of a ''SmackDown'' episode where professional wrestler [[Droz (wrestler)|Droz]] suffered a (untelevised) career-ending injury in 1999. On August 25, 2002, [[SummerSlam (2002)|SummerSlam]] was hosted at the Coliseum. On April 10, 2017, the renovated Coliseum hosted its first episode of ''Raw''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2017/4/10/15240304/wwe-raw-results-live-blog-april-10-2017-superstar-shakeup-reigns-angle-bryan-mcmahon-smackdown|title=Raw results, live blog: Superstar Shake-up|work=Cageside Seats|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref> In October 2018, the Coliseum hosted [[WWE Evolution|Evolution]], the promotion's first all-women's pay-per-view event,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/wwe-evolution-all-women-pay-per-view-ppv-raw/|title=WWE Sets First-Ever All-Women Pay-Per-View Event 'Evolution'|date=2018-07-23|work=TheWrap|access-date=2018-07-24}}</ref>
 The Coliseum hosted the opening leg of [[WrestleMania 2]] on April 7, 1986. As part of an ambitious plan to host WrestleMania from three separate venues (also used were the [[Allstate Arena|Rosemont Horizon]] in [[Chicago]] and the [[Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena]]), 16,585 fans saw 4 live matches at the Coliseum with the rest of the event shown to the audience by closed-circuit television. The main event at the Nassau leg was a boxing match between [[Rowdy Roddy Piper]] and tough-guy [[actor]] [[Mr. T]].<ref>Castillo, Alfonso A. [https://www.newsday.com/sports/pro-wrestling/talking-wrestlemania-and-nassau-coliseum-with-rowdy-roddy-piper-1.7596608 "Talking WrestleMania and Nassau Coliseum with 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper"], ''[[Newsday]]'', April 3, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2018.</ref>
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 In late January 2017, ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' reported via internal sources that Barclays Center was considering dropping the Islanders due to poor attendance and their effects on the venue's profits. The venue has received a poor reception as a hockey arena due to poor sight lines and ice conditions, as Barclays was primarily designed as a basketball arena. ''[[Newsday]]'' reported that Nassau County executive Edward Mangano had met with Islanders co-owner [[Jonathan Ledecky]], and he told the paper the Islanders could return to the renovated Nassau Coliseum.<ref name="bloomberg-maybeleaving"/><ref name="sn-returntonassau"/> These reports were further elaborated by [[Long Island Association]] president Kevin Law in April 2017, who stated that Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (who manages both venues) was preparing to offer a relocation plan to the team. Law felt that the alternate option of seeking a [[UBS Arena|new arena]] in [[Belmont Park]] was redundant to the renovated Coliseum.<ref name="espn-laamove">{{cite web|title=Report: Nassau Coliseum operator to present Islanders relocation plan|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19146132/new-york-islanders-meet-nassau-coliseum-operator-possible-return|website=ESPN.com|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> The Islanders played a preseason game at the renovated Coliseum on September 17, 2017.<ref name=":0" />
-The renovation project reduced the capacity of the arena to 13,900, a level which was believed to be unsustainable for an NHL team; in comparison, the Islanders' average attendance at Barclays is 12,059, the lowest in the NHL (Barclays Center is the second-smallest arena in the NHL based on seating capacity at 15,795, which is around 400 seats fewer than the Coliseum pre-renovation).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/islanders-making-their-move-to-brooklyns-barclays-center-1435625418|title=Barclays Center to Finally Break the Ice With Islanders, Fans|last=Caldwell|first=Dave|date=2015-06-30|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-01-24|issn=0099-9660}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="nyp-barclayssplit"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/09/nhl-on-islanders-nassau-coliseum-hopes-keep-dreaming/|title=NHL on Islanders' Nassau Coliseum hopes: Keep dreaming|date=2017-09-09|work=New York Post|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref> As such, [[NHL commissioner]] [[Gary Bettman]] felt that returning wasn't a "viable option" for the Islanders, but noted that the team was "in the process of evaluating what makes the most sense for the franchise and particularly for their fans."<ref name=":0" />
+The renovation project reduced the capacity of the arena to 13,900, a level which was believed to be unsustainable for an NHL team; in comparison, the Islanders' average attendance at Barclays is 12,059, the lowest in the NHL (Barclays Center is the second-smallest arena in the NHL based on seating capacity at 15,795, which is around 400 seats fewer than the Coliseum pre-renovation).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/09/nhl-on-islanders-nassau-coliseum-hopes-keep-dreaming/|title=NHL on Islanders' Nassau Coliseum hopes: Keep dreaming|date=2017-09-09|work=New York Post|access-date=2017-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/islanders-making-their-move-to-brooklyns-barclays-center-1435625418|title=Barclays Center to Finally Break the Ice With Islanders, Fans|last=Caldwell|first=Dave|date=2015-06-30|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-01-24|issn=0099-9660}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="nyp-barclayssplit"/> As such, [[NHL commissioner]] [[Gary Bettman]] felt that returning wasn't a "viable option" for the Islanders, but noted that the team was "in the process of evaluating what makes the most sense for the franchise and particularly for their fans."<ref name=":0" />
 In December 2017, New York Arena Partners (a venture of the Islanders, [[Oak View Group]], and [[Sterling Equities]]) won a bid to construct a new, 18,000-seat arena and mixed-use district at Belmont Park, beating a competing proposal by [[New York City FC]] for a new soccer stadium. The new arena is projected to be completed in time for the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's official: New York Islanders heading back to Nassau County|url=http://abc7ny.com/sports/its-official-islanders-heading-back-to-nassau-county/2803176/|website=[[WABC-TV|abc7ny.com]]|publisher=[[Disney–ABC Television Group]]|access-date=December 20, 2017|date=December 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-19/nhl-s-islanders-said-to-win-right-to-build-arena-at-belmont-site|title=NHL's Islanders Win Right to Build Arena at Belmont Site|date=2017-12-19|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>