The 2023 AV/IT Summit was held at the home of the NHL’s New York Islanders. Islanders fans had a few nomadic seasons between the old Nassau Coliseum and the Barclays Center until the doors for the UBS Arena at Belmont Park in New York opened in 2021.
When building UBS Arena from the ground up, Ryan Halkett of the New York Islanders and Steve Stubelt of Diversified, both of whom worked closely on the technology behind the arena, had to answer one important question, in two big parts: What will make Islanders fans come to the arena, and what could they provide that a fan can't get from the comfort of their own couch?
