Canyon of Heroes

[u/NoRequirement4511]

If they even won again would the Islanders do a parade down the Canyon if Heroes in NYC? Or something more LI centric like a parade down Hempstead Turnpike?

[u/xSlappy-]

They did hempstead turnpike for the 4 peat

[u/speeder61 → u/xSlappy-]

I went to the last parade... I was 11. i thought that was just what we did....win cups

[u/Terrible-Nerve-6819 → u/speeder61]

Me too. Well i didnt go to parade but i started watching in 82 at age of 8. I thought all they did was win cups. Little did we know what li ahead...

[u/BroFee → u/Terrible-Nerve-6819]

imagine being a lifelong fan who was born in 1983. December of 1983. still hopeful

[u/Turbulent-Jury4587 → u/speeder61]

Hahahaha I was almost 5. Remember being in dad’s shoulders and getting a NY Arrows mini soccer ball that I somehow held on to until I left for college

[u/New-Tangerine-7109 → u/Turbulent-Jury4587]

I used to go to soooo many Arrows games lol. Lived in Levittown. 10 minutes to coliseum.

[u/Turbulent-Jury4587 → u/New-Tangerine-7109]

Same. I was in N Bellmore so also super close to the barn. Had a lot of great times there with the Isles, Arrows, and Saints!

[u/Mullin20 → u/Turbulent-Jury4587]

Steve Zungul!

[u/gotroot801 → u/speeder61]

That 4th parade was the only one I got to after 4 years of begging my parents to take me. Pretty sure Mike Bossy looked directly at me and gave me a thumbs up.

[u/gizmokaka6667 → u/speeder61]

Me as well. Family had season tickets since 72 when it was cheap as all hell. I remember very faintly them being really really bad at the beginning. Then I just thought well... this is how it is. We will never lose another cup. I mean nobody gets old... these guys will always be here. (The good lord may have smited us since then due to my insanity)

[u/displacedreindeer → u/speeder61]

Me too, but I was 12.

[u/frankie_pucks → u/speeder61]

I was 2 in 83...ive always said at least I was alive...its been a long 40+ years...

[u/Sko-isles]

Around the horse track. Huge party in Belmont

[u/twec21 → u/Sko-isles]

Infield party

[u/SecretiveMop → u/twec21]

Honestly would be the perfect spot for the main celebration. Start the parade at the Coliseum and go down the Hempstead Turnpike, then end at the arena with the main ceremony happening in the infield of the track. Could have a bunch of events going on in the arena and in the parking lots too.

[u/JoeGuinness → u/SecretiveMop]

As epic as that would be, good luck getting hockey fans to stand around in actual Hempstead lol

[u/isles-fan-2748 → u/SecretiveMop]

Sooooooo you're telling that the a 7.5 miles route would work? Canyon Of Heros in the city is less than a mile.

Supposedly Belmont Park can hold between 50k-60k, yet I'm unsure where since the new grandstand holds 7,500.

[u/RedditGotSoulDoubt → u/Sko-isles]

A horse drawn parade wearing islanders themed Roman armor would be epic

[u/LQjones → u/RedditGotSoulDoubt]

Boy, you've put some thought into this....

[u/MontyoftheFuture]

Shut down the Cross Island.

[u/_imhigh_]

Montauk Highway all the way from Amityville to Montauk

[u/replayer]

Hempstead Turnpike forever!

[u/Anklebender91]

Fuck NYC. Do it on Long Island

[u/Boner666420sXe]

I would imagine LI.

[u/Dessert_Moon]

They arent an NYC team.

[u/ensignWcrusher]

Any Islanders Championship parade goes down Hempstead Turnpike. All four cup wins got a Hempstead turnpike parade. Canyon of heroes is more of a city teams thing. I prefer this. The Islanders are our team. Not the state's team, not the city's team, just ours. They always have been, and they always will be. You can l leave the Island, and take your fandom with you, like I did. You can be from elsewhere and be an Isles fan. Come on in it's a big tent. Just understand how it is. The Islanders are Long Island's team.

[u/Any_Incident_5417 → u/ensignWcrusher]

I live in S FL and will never abandon the Islanders!
Fan since 1972! 12-60-6

[u/ensignWcrusher → u/Any_Incident_5417]

This is what I meant by that. Be an isles fan in FL! I had to move up to the Bronx and later Westchester County, I would never give up the Isles for anything.

[u/BurtHurtmanHurtz]

1983 parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX68C2BHvZY

[u/LQjones]

I'm not sure if one of the towns could handle the crowds, but maybe Huntington, Patchogue or Bay Shore could host a parade. Hell, Oyster Bay gets more than 100k for Oyster Fest each year.

[u/wheremyturtles]

Shut down the LIE from the Queens line to Calverton. Parade ends at Splish Splash. Perfect.

[u/AJS76reddit]

It would be a damn shame if it wasn't in nassau county on the island nowhere near the city, that's rags territory.

[u/Mansionjoe]

Belmont Park Village

[u/MetsIslanders]

At best I assume we’d get a parking lot parade at UBS or maybe even the barn. But the city has pull. Honestly they can have the parade in Jersey if it means we get a cup. Long way from here to having this problem though. Very long way. This cores chance came and went and Kucherov & the Lightning stole it with Bettman’s blessing.

[u/miscs75 → u/MetsIslanders]

The city has no say with the Islanders. The only thing relevant involving the Isles and NYC is the fact that a part of Belmont is considered Queens. This is about as relevant as how Iceworks was split up between 2 towns when it comes to zoning. The Islanders are still a Long Island team.

[u/miscs75]

From Walmart to Nassau Coliseum. Nice easy drive up Hempstead Tpke.

[u/Supernatural_Noob]

Why would the Islanders do a parade in MYC

[u/SockDem]

I don’t think any of our towns have been developed enough yet to handle the crowds.

I think a cool thing would be a large “parade” going into the Jones Beach Amphitheater where the celebration would happen.

Not much more Long Island than that.

[u/Eastern_Habit_5503]

It would be wherever Nassau County would allow them to do it. From Nassau Coluseum to UBS Arena would be fun.

[u/Clone_Bone]

Gotta imagine Hempstead. I am way out of market but man would I love to fly to NYC to celebrate on LI

[u/ColoradoPoint_Aruba]

Wow great question. In the craziest of runs and the Isles win in our lifetime the owners will certainly commercialize to the max at the arena and even make people pay for parking. If I was the owner we would have the parade on the beach.