Some Barclays eventsHockey
It has been suggested that the New York Islanders could play games at the Barclays Center once their lease at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum expires in 2015. Brooklyn is geographically the western end of Long Island, and many on other parts of the island have roots there.[8] Also, the Nets and Islanders had previously shared Nassau Coliseum from 1972 to 1977. Financing documents for the arena released in December 2009 indicate that “The New York Islanders could potentially become a tenant” at the Barclays Center.[9] The Islanders' agreement with the New York Rangers allows them to relocate anywhere on Long Island, including Brooklyn and Queens.[10] Whereas the original Gehry design would have featured a hockey configuration with capacity typical of the arenas used in the National Hockey League, the final design for the Barclays Center is designed mainly for basketball use. It can nevertheless accommodate an NHL-size rink, though the arena will only be able to seat 14,500 fans in its hockey configuration, which would give it the lowest seating capacity in the NHL.[11] The Islanders are scheduled to play a preseason game against the New Jersey Devils at the Barclays Center on October 2, 2012.[12]
[edit]Other events
The first basketball game played in the new arena will be a college tilt between the Maryland Terrapins and Kentucky Wildcats.[13]
Rapper and Nets minority owner Jay-Z plans to open the Barclays Center by performing in a series of concerts.[4]
Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions will bring boxing to the Barclays Center on October 20. Brooklyn native Paulie Malignaggi is expected to be on the card.
The Atlantic 10 Conference has announced that the Barclays Center will be the new home of the conference's mens basketball tournament beginning in 2013.[14]
After nearly a decade of performing annual concerts in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, Italian tenorAndrea Bocelli has chosen to make his Brooklyn debut at the venue, December 5, 2012, making it his only New York City performance in 2012.[15][16][17]
Barclays Center will be the new New York City home of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and Champions on Ice upon its opening, (although Prudential Center also hosts Champions on Ice, Izod Center the former two events, and Nassau Coliseum all three events). Barclays Center's first Disney on Ice is expected to be "100 Years of Magic", after which the arena will join the regular Disney on Ice touring schedule.