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Bettman skeptical that Isles could return to Nassau Coliseum

Ice Removed From Nassau Coliseum

UNIONDALE, NY - MAY 05: A payloader removes the ice from the Nassau Coliseum on May 5, 2015 in Uniondale, New York. The New York Islanders have played their last game at the Nassau Coliseum and will begin to play at the Barclay’s Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City next season. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is skeptical that a newly renovated Nassau Coliseum could make a suitable home for the New York Islanders.

“It would make it the smallest building in the league,” Bettman told Fox 5 Sports Extra on Sunday, per Long Island Business News. “I’m not sure that works.”

It was reported last week that Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the company that runs both Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum, was planning to pitch the Isles on a return to their old home.

But it’s also been reported that the Isles are focused on a site at Belmont Park in Elmont, where a new arena would be built.

There are only 13,900 fixed seats at the renovated Coliseum.

Related: Bettman says Isles owners will explore their options re: new arena