Islanders to return to Nassau Coliseum for 1 preseason game

That's likely not going to happen, but here's what will happen next preseason: The Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers will play an exhibition game at the Coliseum on September 17, the preseason opener for the Isles.

The New York Islanders spent 43 years in the dank confines of Nassau Coliseum before moving to the gorgeous Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The New York Islanders are returning to the Island, but only for one afternoon.

Getting the Islanders back in the renovated Coliseum is big news. The Islanders will be playing the Philadelphia Flyers.

Nassau Events Center did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

The hope was the new Coliseum would be the home to a minor league team, at first thought to be the Islanders' AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

The team has played at the Barclays Center since 2015 in what has been a failed experiment. Joel's show on April 5 re-opened the arena. The sides can decide to opt out of the contract or continue the current 25-year deal. They recently finished their second season together. As part of the terms of the Islanders' arena deal with Barclays Center, all ticket revenue for preseason and regular-season games - along with other line items such as concessions, advertising and marketing - goes to Barclays Center in exchange for an annual rate of $55 million.

Tickets for the game go on sale online at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 29. But that amount can be reduced based on a number of factors, including operating costs of the arena.

The Islanders are looking for potential new homes now that they are in the process of renegotiating terms with the Barclays Center, which has until January 1, 2018 to agree to fresh terms.