The franchise won the league championship in 1976 and 1977, and featured star gamers Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade, Sandy Mayer and Phil Dent. Soon afterward, WTT suspended operations, and there were no 1979 or 1980 seasons. On August 15, 2013, the Nassau County authorities announced that Forest City Ratner had won the bid for the renovation of the Nassau Coliseum, which was vacated by the Islanders in 2015, pending approval from the Nassau legislature and the Hempstead city government. As a part of his bid, the Islanders would play 6 video games per season within the enviornment, the Brooklyn …