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Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Is Dumping the Islanders

  • Arena would make more money from concerts, other events
  • Islanders attendance is third-worst in NHL this season
Thomas Greiss of the New York Islanders prepares for a game at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on May 6, 2016.

Thomas Greiss of the New York Islanders prepares for a game at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on May 6, 2016.

Photographer: Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images

After two years and countless complaints, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center has concluded it’s no longer worth it to host the New York Islanders.

The arena, which is already home to the NBA’s Nets and one of the world’s top-grossing concert venues, would make more money without the National Hockey League team, according to people familiar with the facility’s financials.