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How much did UBS Arena at Belmont Park cost to build?

UBS Arena is a 17,255-seat arena at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, home of the New York Islanders, privately financed by the Oak View Group, the Islanders and Sterling Project Development and built on 43 acres of former parking lots as the first phase of the USD 1.3 billion Belmont Park redevelopment. Groundbreaking was on 23 September 2019, the governor cut the ribbon on 19 November 2021 and the Islanders played the first game there on 20 November 2021. The state describes the arena as a USD 1.1 billion facility.

Reported project cost

$1.1 billion

Cost basis: 2021

Looking at the new UBS Arena within Belmont Park, on Hempstead Turnpike at the Cross Island Parkway in Elmont, Nassau County, New York. The arena was opened in November 2021, just over two years after groundbreaking, on what was previously a Belmont Park parking lot.
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Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2021
en.wikipedia.org

Project metrics

Key dimensions

Capacityabc7ny.com
17,255 seats

Project record

Timeline

  1. 23 September 2019

    Construction started

    governor.ny.gov

  2. 19 November 2021

    Opened or launched

    Office of the Governor of New York

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