UNIONDALE, N.Y. —
The New York Islanders today announced they will offer six tickets for the price of one for all seats for all games in the 2014-15 season, their final at the Nassau Coliseum.
Owner Charles Wang says this was the most logical thing to do considering this coming season is, in essence, a lame-duck season.
“We have a feeling our fans wouldn’t show up for the final season on Long Island,” Wang said. “So we figured that rather than having empty seats everywhere, every night, we’d offer fans the chance to get six for the price just one seat.”
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| Charles Wang, Islanders owner. |
Season-ticket holders, meanwhile, will each get five additional seats for every one that is paid for.
“We hope this will lead to a lot of sellouts,” Wang said. “But you never know.”
This marks the final season the Islanders will play in Nassau County. In the season after this coming season, they’ll call the Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn, home.
There will be plenty of other home-game enticements this season, too. Among them are:
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• Free season tickets in 2015-16 for any fans who buy season tickets this season.
• A chance to skate with the team during a regular-season game. If a player gets hurt during warmups, he will be replaced by a fan. The fan will get a chance to pick his (or her) own number to be worn on a sweater.
• A chance to be the Islanders play-by-play announcer on the radio. In the last few years, Chris King has called the games alongside a Hofstra University student. This year, a random fan will be chosen to call the radio games prior to each game’s start. All games will be broadcast on a 5-watt radio station, WNYI.
• All fans who remain at home games until the final buzzer — regulation or overtime if it happens — will receive $19.72 on their way out the door as a gift from the team. The $19.72 represents the year the Islanders first arrived on Long Island.
“This is going to be an exceptional final season on Long Island,” General Manager Garth Snow said. “Everything we’ve planned we’ve done so with the fans in mind. This will be a memorable year for all involved in this first-class organization — and we do hope the fans come out in droves to say ‘goodbye’ to us before we head east to Brooklyn.”
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