{"id":47883,"date":"2020-08-17T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/islanders-owner-jon-ledecky-pumped-about-playoffs-new-arena\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T01:14:00","slug":"islanders-owner-jon-ledecky-pumped-about-playoffs-new-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/islanders-owner-jon-ledecky-pumped-about-playoffs-new-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"#Islanders owner Jon Ledecky pumped about playoffs, new arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Islanders owner Jon Ledecky pumped about playoffs, new arena<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Ask Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky about the organization\u2019s future and he\u2019ll tell you the one word that comes to his mind: Bright.<\/p>\n

\u201cBright because we have this wonderful new arena, which will evoke so many positive memories for generations to come of Islander fans. Bright because we have the best minds in hockey working for us in Barry Trotz and Lou Lamoriello. And bright in that the future has so many good young players who are going to be making their stride,\u201d Ledecky told The Post during Game<\/a> 3 of the Islanders-Capitals first-round series<\/a> Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to see the sparkle when there are so many aspects of a new Islanders era that are just now converging into the same timeline. Between the Swiss-based investment bank UBS securing the naming rights to the team\u2019s new Belmont Park arena last month, the signing of highly touted goaltending prospect Ilya Sorokin and the tear the current Islanders are on in the 2020 playoffs, the franchise\u2019s outlook does dazzle.<\/p>\n

And you can see the glimmer in Ledecky\u2019s eyes when he yelps, \u2018Come on boys!\u2019 as the Islanders battled in their zone Sunday on the way to a 2-1 overtime win.<\/p>\n

But for Ledecky, finding his team a worthy home was at the very top of the list.<\/p>\n

Ledecky, who has been a majority owner of the Isles with his partner and former Harvard roommate Scott Malkin since 2016, spent the last handful of live games before the shutdown at Nassau Coliseum walking around and meeting fans. He\u2019d take pictures, hand out some Islanders merchandise and schmooze, but what he really wanted was to immerse himself in the fan experience.<\/p>\n

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Islanders majority owner Jon Ledecky poses with a model of the UBS Arena joined friends and our reporter to watch the game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at the \u201cPreview Club\u201d in Manhattan<\/span>Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To his reputation of being a fans\u2019 owner, Ledecky listened as hundreds of people pleaded with him to ensure that the new arena had the same intimacy of the Coliseum. And so Ledecky is putting the largest lower bowl of any NHL venue in the UBS Arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t get that feedback unless you\u2019re there,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can sit in the owners\u2019 box and wave and stuff, but if you\u2019re there with the fans, they\u2019re going to tell you what they\u2019re thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s with the fans in mind that Ledecky focused on how to app<\/a>ropriately capture the tradition and culture he hopes to instill in the new arena. To Ledecky, the culture of tradition and winning is what makes the Islanders who they are. It\u2019s what he hopes to convey through the new arena\u2019s architecture, atmosphere and amenities.<\/p>\n

Through the \u201cPreview Club,\u201d a lavish fifth-floor space in Manhattan\u2019s Flatiron District, Ledecky created a mockup of the arena\u2019s aesthetics to give high-end sponsors, advertisers and potential suite buyers a taste of what the UBS Arena will be like.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, I think the Preview Club was an ability to distinguish our vision, our hopes and our ambition for what we want this arena to be and represent,\u201d said CEO of Oak View Group Tim Leiweke, a partner in the new arena. \u201cAnd the great news<\/a> is, the Islanders have more momentum in the last three weeks than they\u2019ve had in the last 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ledecky can\u2019t help but show his excitement for this momentum. You should see the stretch of the ear-to-ear grin when he says, \u2018How about [J-G] Pageau, huh?\u2019 after the Canadian center \u2014 who the organization shelled out three top draft picks for at the trade deadline before signing him to a six-year, $30 million contract \u2014 converts a stellar cross-ice pass.<\/p>\n

Or the pride in his voice when Islanders captain Anders Lee battles in front of the Capitals net.<\/p>\n

\u201cLee, just in his office,\u201d he quipped.<\/p>\n

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Jon Ledecky<\/span>Robert Sabo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ledecky considers himself to be a steward of the franchise, leading it out of a difficult era with two homes. The Islanders have been bouncing between Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum since Ledecky first entered a deal to purchase the team from Charles Wang in 2014.<\/p>\n

Reminiscing on the shoddy ice quality at Barclays in its first year of hosting hockey games, Ledecky said he felt he learned a lot, from an owner\u2019s standpoint, while trying to manage the obstacles the franchise faced during that period.<\/p>\n

The state-of-the-art ice rink refrigeration plant was delivered to Belmont the other day.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re sending a message right away that everything is being taken care of in the utmost of quality, there\u2019s no shortcuts being taken here,\u201d he said. \u201cYou spend a billion dollars on an arena, you want to do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ledecky noted he\u2019s spent some time with former Islanders who were part of the four-time Stanley Cup-winning era while he\u2019s prepared for this transition. He pointed out how much they talked about brotherhood, and how that mantra has essentially found its way back to the current Islanders.<\/p>\n

And while UBS Arena is set to host the Islanders for the 2021-22 season, whenever that will start, Ledecky is ready to give such a radiant team a backdrop that matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne person told me that the arenas were becoming the new cathedrals, this is a gathering place for the multitude to come and have this experience,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t equate the Islanders to God, but hockey is pretty damn good.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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