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Message: [QUOTE="Viet Vet, post: 3960385, member: 8688"] Full disclosure: I have been critical in the past of the capacity, dearth of chairbacks, and numerous delays, but........................ Now that it appears, finally, to be a done deal I am supportive of what has been planned. Please keep in mind that the "big" men's Hockey East games will be played at the XL Center. So when BC, BU, UMass, Northeastern, Providence, et al, come here they will draw upwards of 5,000 fans in Hartford. Maybe 7,000-8,000 if we are near the top of the conference. Perhaps Yale and QU will draw well also. The "lesser" HE games, along with out-of-conference foes such as Sacred Heart, Bentley, RPI, Army, AIC, et al, will likely play in Storrs, before a rabid student-dominated campus crowd..................as college hockey should be. And this is BIG: Our women's team will no longer be relegated to the high school Freitas arena. If you haven't been to a UConn women's game.................go. They are fun to watch, play very good hockey, have been to two HE tourney finals recently and represent the university well. Now they will get to play in a classy college facility, as they should. Freitas will become a secondary practice site. The new arena will not only improve recruiting (both women and men), it will enhance the playing, viewing and locker room experience. Only one (personal) caveat.................Will I be able to get chairholder season tickets in Storrs, having been a season ticketholder since the men joined HE in 2014? If not, I might want to revise this post! [/QUOTE]

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