the place is a dump and tough to get too (little to nill mass transit)...what is happening recently though is groups (Jonas Bros/Katie Perry, etc) are finding it too expensive to play at Madison Square Garden in NYC (primarily because of the union, ha-ha) so they play in Jersey at the Izod arena then in Long Island at the coliseum and skip the garden...
i understand why the voted nixed the improvements but they could screw themselves if they are too short sighted...
Are the Devils moving to Brooklyn next year...maybe the Rangers will let the Islanders move to Brooklyn?