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unusual facts about Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum


NVMC

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, on Long Island


1972–73 New York Islanders season

With the impending start of the World Hockey Association in the fall of 1972, the upstart league had plans to place its New York team in the brand-new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Nassau County.


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The Lighthouse Project

On July 12, 2010, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray announced an “alternate zone” created for the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum property, downsizing the original Lighthouse Project to half its proposed size and making the Project, according to the developers, "economically unviable for both the developer and owner of the site."