Nick Giannak III

For those using Fedifinder or similar, I'm pinning this tweet so you know where I am on Mastodon...For now. @nick@hkc.social

@NYIFANCENTRAL I know to you there is probably no difference - that's a seat not taken - but it's still a seat sold, meaning the Islanders still got something from it. This happened a lot during the first few Brooklyn years for the Nets, that's where I learned about the practice.

@nick6489 Most of those seats are always empty like Rick Pitino's five year plan. And clearly it was far worse with Devils fans red in every section which would bring it to around 11k without them.

#NYC #NYI #Isles Why are they posting clearly fake sellouts? You can see large sections of empty seats in every part of the failed Belmont experiment. Post real attendance.

@NYIFANCENTRAL I know that. What I'm saying is that someone bought those tickets and probably ended up eating them because they didn't get what they wanted, playing it like a stock. The #isles probably got face regardless, their books are fine because a sale *did* happen.

@NYIFANCENTRAL My model here is the St. Louis Blues. Look at what happened in 06-07, and the attendance curve in the years afterward as the team rebuilt itself (cap%). What the #isles need to do is to carve out a market of its own that would be St. Louis sized. Organic team building will help.

@nick6489 There are teams all over NHL terrible for 5-10 years outdrawing this team that made five playoffs in seven years. It does not work out there, they walked after 1988 fair weather walked for good.

#NYC #NYI #isles Can't wait to see the renovated sections inside Barclay's tomorrow. Do what Utah did at one end give NYI some special smaller rink dimensions and we move back to Barc next season. Never Nassau Coliseum deadbeats stayed home with max payroll in 1st in March 19.

@NYIFANCENTRAL There's also a lot less competition for entertainment dollars - even pro sports dollars - on a nightly basis in Detroit. DO I agree that Islander fans need to show up more than they do? Yes, absolutely! Do I think they simply won't at UBS Arena? I do not agree.

@nick6489 The Wings in nine years have never hosted a playoff game in their new building. Their fans show up. NHL cannot survive at the failed Belmont experiment.

@NYIFANCENTRAL My belief - and clearly we disagree - is that a good team, built organically, in a stable building situation will draw crowds. We have not seen those parameters met...ever.

@nick6489 They wrote about Nassau Coliseum bones during it's renovation. Location is everything. 11 subways/LIRR. NYC support. Belmont was Cuomo giving Dolan his Nassau Coliseum because he lost to Ratner in 2013. His Oakview has events with criminal Leiweke/Azoff.

@NYIFANCENTRAL I see. This really puts it into relief more than your other posts have for me. I'd say a lot of the fanbase is happy with the arena situation. I honeslty hope this rebuild/retool bares fruit, the Islanders play fast, exciting, winning hockey - in Elmont.

@NYIFANCENTRAL Whether you like it or not, location not withstanding, UBS Arena has the better bones. The cost to put equal quality hockey infrastructure on Barclays Center is prohibitive enough that no one will finance it when UBS was literally just built. Redundant.

@nick6489 What? I guess Jeremy/Charlie Jacobs lose Delaware North NYI game concessions if NYI leave failed Belmont experiment and return to Barclay's.

@NYIFANCENTRAL No. I literally mean that the Jacobs family would lead, but other owners would follow, in claiming a competitive advantage for NYI because of the altered rink dimensions. NHL TV partners would complain about having to alter their camera angles.

@NYIFANCENTRAL You are openly wishcasting at this point. Nobody says you aren't allowed to do that, but admit it at this point. *You* want this for the Islanders. You think the Islanders *should* want this and the league *should* want this, whether they do or not is up to debate.

@NYIFANCENTRAL No, nevermind, I see the context for this post. You're not making up fake news, it's just more praying to a disinterested god. You will scream and shout until the Islanders are back in Barclays...Which. will. never. happen. Quebec before Brooklyn, I guarantee it.

#NYC #NYI #Isles Nassau County unanimously rejected a lease agreement that includes $425M in renovations to the Nassau Coliseum, a new arena district by 2027, and keeping the Islanders in New York until 2051. Oops. See ya at Barclay's Part II

@NYIFANCENTRAL Making up fake news now?

@NYIFANCENTRAL Oh, and lest you think I'm a troll, I read you. A lot. This post I'm replying to is the worst thing you've ever said about anyone. And I know you can do better, even when saying something dark. newyorkislanderfancentral.com/2011/05/

#NYC #NYI #isles Collins sounds like he went to a bar before he ran his mouth, and made a fool of himself, and he hired Darche? Major red flags today. Malkin should be furious.

@NYIFANCENTRAL NO. You don't like him because he trashed Barclays Center, praised UBS Arena, and won't trash Long Island fans like you do. Just because he's 180 degrees from your thought process doesn't make him sound like a guy in a bar. That's pure Ad hominem. You are better than this.

@Isabel_XO92 Been there. Done that. It really sucks. Can take years to lose those withdrawals.

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@CosellPA That's not you behind the mic...Sounds like Alex Anthony? AM I correct? #Mets

@7thWoman @NHL @MLB I rarely use Twitter anymore (accessibility reasons) but I somewhat agree with you here. NHL has started to become very ham-handed with ceremonies. Started with their road Cup presentation in 2016. The worst though was how they handled Stadium Series with us last year.

Did the @NHL want the ceremony in the middle of the game so all the VIPs could go home now? Did the @MLB every pull such a stunt?? EVER???

@DeaceProducer Do you think that the Deace Show will primarily become a Zoom shop, or do you expect the people who used Skype a lot to end up on Teams? Sadly, by default, Teams audio quality is basically Skype. Hopefully more people discover High Fidelity Music Mode.

From my experience, they shut down Skype like 8 years ago.

@metspolice The Wilpons also wouldn't have signed Soto. Quite frankly, that gives Steve a ton of currency with me that the Wilpons simply don't get. I'm curious now...And I'm not asking as a joke. Would you prefer the Wilpons back?

If 40% of the WIlpons rotation was out in February and they had no organizational depth you guys would me mad at them