The Islanders, established in 1972, moved their house games to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn within the 2015–16 NHL season and supply their followers with an intense rivalry with the Rangers. The Islanders’ primary fan base is in Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island. The Islanders are planning to return to Nassau County by way of a new arena presently scheduled to open for the 2021–22 season near the Belmont Park horse racing monitor in Elmont, New York, adjacent to Queens. In the interim, the Islanders might be playing approximately half of their regular season schedule on the newly-renovated Nassau Coliseum in anticipation of the return to their traditional house jurisdiction. The short-lived United States Football League had a staff within the New York space.
New York City Rugby League have submitted a bid to enter in the UK’s Rugby Football League, League 1 competition in 2021. The Islanders …