Landmark Venue Renovated with PPG Coating Wins MCA Chairman’s Award
PITTSBURGH – The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, which features PPG DURABRITE® coating, has won a Chairman’s Award for design excellence from the Metal Construction Association (MCA).
Built in 1972 and once home to the NHL’s New York Islanders and the NBA’s New York Nets, the 416,000-square-foot arena is newly wrapped in a futuristic metal shell composed of 4,700 individually folded and routed brushed aluminum fins enhanced by PPG Durabrite clear fluoropolymer coating.