I haven’t gone off-topic for a while, but I felt like writing about the Islanders move to Brooklyn.
I think the best line I heard was that it was both an incredible disappointment and a relief. It is a relief that this team is not heading to Kansas City or Quebec, but for folks on Long Island (and I loved out there for a while) it’s disappointing.
It remains to be seen if people will actually take the LIRR into Brooklyn for games. I really have my doubts.
I’m not sure who will go to these games. Local Brooklynites? Super-diehard Islanders fans? Ramgers fans 4 times a year?
Think about if the Mets had moved to say the Nassau/Suffolk border. Would you go to fewer games? For some of you it would get harder, for some easier. You still might watch but you might not feel like going to Plainview on Tuesday night.
I think it would have been interesting had the Islanders moved to near Citi Field. I think it would have been a little easier for the guy who commutes to Manhattan (dump your car at Citi in the morning and take the 7 to work) than Brooklyn will be. Some disagree with me.
Even if you’re the biggest Rangers fan I bet you’re glad they are still around. Playing the Kansas City Dragons is no fun. The fun is in playing the local team. Now they will be even more local. The little brother has grown up a little…but is still the little brother.
Back when I lived in Nassau I went to a few games a year. I can’t imagine that I would have trekked into Brooklyn ever.
Will you attend games?