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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hofstra and Kentucky men\u2019s basketball teams will play in the first scheduled sporting event at the renovated Nassau Coliseum on Dec. 10, 2016, reports&amp;nbsp;Jim Baumbach of &lt;em&gt;Newsday&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The former home to the New York Islanders is undergoing a $260.5 million renovation that downsized the Coliseum to 13,000 seats plus an amphitheater and several restaurants and retail shops. Officials broke ground on the Coliseum this week.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;em&gt;Newsday&lt;/em&gt;, Kentucky will be paid $350,000 by NEC to play the game, and Hofstra will receive $25,000 from Kentucky as its opponent.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;North Carolina, Kansas, Kentucky lead SI's preseason top 20 poll&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The arena had previously announced plans to host a \u201CLong Island Hoops Classic\u201D college basketball tournament and a \u201CFrozen Island\u201D two-day hockey tournament.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Chavez&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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