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Message: [QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 2772800, member: 8240"] Those old enough may recall the large crowds at games and in bars and restaurants before and after UConn games in Hartford. 16,234 every big game and near that for even the weakest opponents. You couldn't get into Chuck's or Gaetano's or just about any other place near the "Civic Center". What changed? The business climate and that entails. Take a look around the country and see the building going on. Commercial as well as residential. Then compare it to Connecticut. It was hard to watch and still hard to believe how such a small state could have had so many major corporations based there and lost most over the last 30 years. Turn that around and you'll have a full XL Center or whatever it will be called. Keep the status quo and there will be just the memories. I don't live there anymore but will always call it "my home state" and try to explain to friends why it has so many problems today. [/QUOTE]