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beloved Nassau Coliseum opened its doors and began its storied - and sometimes
troubled - journey 50 years ago on Friday..

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The beloved Nassau Coliseum opened its doors and began its storied - and sometimes troubled - journey 50 years ago on Friday.

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All right back in the weather center with rich now underrated, part of all the different weather aspects today it's cold out there. Yeah, it's turning colder rich. We had temperatures yesterday in the fifties and sixties. And now with the cold front past Long Island, we're looking at temperatures feeling like the thirties down to 30 in Hempstead. With that gusty wind reach 20 to 30 MPH. The colder weather is with us, the rain tapering off, still some drizzle and residual moisture left over Long Island right now. Going towards noon time, better weather conditions drying out coming your way for this afternoon. The evening rush hour looks quite nice. So you can see the heaviest rain is now east of Long Island. The cold front is east of Long Island. We have those north to northwest winds at around 15 to 30 MPH. Still some wet roads. So give yourself some extra travel time. And with that gusty wind two hands on the steering wheel for today. So by noontime, here's that sunshine through the afternoon, we get towards the evening rush hour at 5 p.m. 41 but a wind chill around 29 degrees. So colder weather for the evening rush hour clear skies tonight, tomorrow morning, temperatures around 27 to 32 degrees. So we'll keep an eye to the sky for the sunshine on the way, the drier conditions coming in. And as we go through the next several days and several hours here, we're looking at dry weather conditions through this evening. So the weather is getting better and it's also turning a little colder. You can see here at 1245 some clouds but otherwise dry weather conditions a bit breezy and temperatures in the mid forties, dry weather for the evening rush hour overnight, colder weather coming in towards the morning hours of your Tuesday, temperatures will be in the up twenties to low thirties and with the wind, it will feel more like around 20 to 25 Tuesday afternoon, lots of sunshine, a bit of a chill temperature around 44 degrees dry weather heading into Tuesday night, more dry weather into Wednesday and then Thursday, Friday, most of our work week now will be dry and you can see that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, dry. We'll watch the threat of some showers developing late Sunday into Monday. Recapping your hyperlocal forecast today. Mid-forties for today, the rain giving way to sunshine. It's gonna feel colder around the island. Tonight, sun goes down at 425 your overnight lows twenties and thirties. It's cold to start off Tuesday morning. Then Tuesday afternoon, you're going to deal with sunshine at 4445 Wednesday. Colder on Thursday, dry Friday, Saturday, rain coming in late Sunday into Monday.

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Music, championships and rebirth: A look back at the Nassau Coliseum as it turns 50

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Everything from elephants to Elvis performed there. Were talking about the Nassau Colosseum, that longtime venue for concerts circuses. And of course the New York Islanders turns 50 years old today as we look back, make sure you scan the QR code at the bottom of your screen for colosseum memories. And to look back at the facility that opened in 1972. News twelve's Erica Ferrari now takes a look at the past and its future. It was this day, February 11 back in 1972 when Nassau Coliseum made its grand debut. And since then it's built a legacy attracting world famous talent, musicians and sporting events to our backyard. Professor Nicholas Hershon knows he wrote a book about it. Of course, everyone knows about the new york Islanders winning the four straight Stanley cups in the early 19 eighties and all of the Great Hall of Fame players whose names are in the rafters here for so many years. But then you have teams like the new york sets was the tennis team that played inside here with billie jean king and Virginia wade, you have A major indoor soccer here and football and all of these of course that major musical acts, there were rallies held here with Gerald Ford when he was president and Richard Nixon New York Islanders organist Paul Carter worked in the Colosseum for 25 years before the team moved. Is it sort of bittersweet for you then when you move from the Nassau coliseum to ups stadium bittersweet. How about just tears? And with the construction of newer, bigger stadiums comes uncertainty. It's so tough. You're right in this area, You have Madison Square garden barclays. Now you've got ups and you have to remember, you have the rock, the Prudential Center on the other side of the river. You have big venues all over, so I'm not quite sure how they can compete. Eric alexander, director of downtown planning organization, Vision Long Island says the town of hempstead is currently reviewing plans that have been in the works for many years for the 70 acres surrounding the colosseum. We're looking at mixed use development here with 500 units of housing with plaza space, destination retail event space here at the coliseum. But it could be for conventions and other things and don't expect the lights to dim here at Nassau coliseum anytime soon. Jurassic quest and interactive dinosaur exhibit is coming here at the end of the month and Elton john will perform here in March in Unionville. Erica Ferrari News 12 Long Island. And just in case you're wondering what that very first event was at the Colosseum 50 years ago today, it was a nets game against the Pittsburgh Condors. A lot of history there for sure

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