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FartMan69 said:
Don't feel stupid. I had a buddy who thought there were two separate identical civic centers, one for hockey and one for basketball. He refused to believe me when i told him the court was on top despite him not being able to locate the mysterious twin civic center.
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This is the best thing I've ever read.
 
FartMan69 said:
Don't feel stupid. I had a buddy who thought there were two separate identical civic centers, one for hockey and one for basketball. He refused to believe me when i told him the court was on top despite him not being able to locate the mysterious twin civic center.
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Take him to Quinnipiac and blow his mind.
 
whaler11 said:
I'm under the impression that Global Spectrum pays the 1.4 million for the affiliation fee.

Not sure the anger like I said I posted it because it was funny. I don't care if the Wolfpack stay or completely disappear off the face of the planet.

Since Global was selected because they were able to save the AHL team it must be important in someone's mind and the contract is up again at the end of 2016.
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The State pays the affiliation fee; It's the highest affiliation fee in the AHL.

The 2 main reasons Global was chosen over AEG is because Hartford isn't factoring in very many concerts into the buildings events making AEG pretty much worthless since that's their bread and butter. The other reason was that GS put up more $ for capitol improvements than AEG did.

In a sense it saved the WP because AEG didn't want to manage an AHL team in the building but for the reasons I outlined above they weren't winning the bid regardless.
 
TheDoggPound said:
The State pays the affiliation fee; It's the highest affiliation fee in the AHL.

The 2 main reasons Global was chosen over AEG is because Hartford isn't factoring in very many concerts into the buildings events making AEG pretty much worthless since that's their bread and butter. The other reason was that GS put up more $ for capitol improvements than AEG did.

In a sense it saved the WP because AEG didn't want to manage an AHL team in the building but for the reasons I outlined above they weren't winning the bid regardless.
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Ok all the articles I saw said Global pays the affiliation fee and the state pays them 750k or so as a management fee. They did pony up a lot more capitol for the renovations and AEG has their corporate battles which keep them from booking concerts.
 
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The WP can't outdraw the circus, period. One can question the management of the building in terms of contingency planning, but I am confused as to how the FB board gives a darn about medicore minor league hockey in May. The WP only draw well on hope and promise - they drew well early as folks thought we might get the Whalers back and they drew well when the Whale returned, although neither was sustainable. The NHL is never coming back and with the rise of UConn hockey, the Wolf Pack become increasingly irrelevant. Wait till the Yard goats start playing in a new stadium in the spring.
 
gioff23 said:
One can question the management of the building in terms of contingency planning, but I am confused as to how the FB board gives a darn about medicore minor league hockey in May.
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It hasn't been mediocre minor league hockey, it's been top-notch minor league hockey. The games have been great.
 
Waquoit said:
It hasn't been mediocre minor league hockey, it's been top-notch minor league hockey. The games have been great.
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Back in the day, I caught some of the best amateur boxing cards out there at the old New Haven Nighthawk games at the Coliseum. They even tried to play a little hockey in between trips back and forth to the penalty box. What a deal!
 
Mr. Conehead said:
Back in the day, I caught some of the best amateur boxing cards out there at the old New Haven Nighthawk games at the Coliseum. They even tried to play a little hockey in between trips back and forth to the penalty box. What a deal!
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What a time to grow up in the NH area. Section 14 "The Jungle", Ken Baumgartner, Ken Hammond "Egger", the Calder Cup Final run in the late 80's with Rollin Melanson in net.

What memories.
 
FartMan69 said:
Don't feel stupid. I had a buddy who thought there were two separate identical civic centers, one for hockey and one for basketball. He refused to believe me when i told him the court was on top despite him not being able to locate the mysterious twin civic center.
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Don't forget the third arena for monster trucks, motocross and rodeo.
 
Waquoit said:
It hasn't been mediocre minor league hockey, it's been top-notch minor league hockey. The games have been great.
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Was at game five vs. providence and had a great time. Hell of an ending.
 
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Jerry1714 said:
Honest question, do you work for the XL Center? Anytime someone mentions it in any negative light (even jokingly) you appear immediately to defend it.
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Somebody has to do it. UConn would be nowhere without it. Take this Friday night, what is going to be more fun than playoff hockey and $2. beers? Hint: Nothing. And no, I do not work for them of have any financial interest. I just have seen hundreds of events there and want to see more.
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
Back in the day, I caught some of the best amateur boxing cards out there at the old New Haven Nighthawk games at the Coliseum. They even tried to play a little hockey in between trips back and forth to the penalty box. What a deal!
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who let rich cappola on here?
 
whaler11 said:
Would lead me to believe the Wolfpack will be elsewhere when lease is up.
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I've heard rumors that once the Islanders move to Brooklyn, they're sending the Bridgeport team to play in their old arena in Long Island. Then the Rangers are going to take the Wolfpack to Bridgeport (Bridgeport actually has slightly better attendance than Hartford, and proximity probably helps too).

I don't know if it's true, but it makes sense to me. If that's the case, hopefully Uconn hockey continues to grow and make up some of the difference...
 
mikedog10 said:
I've heard rumors that once the Islanders move to Brooklyn, they're sending the Bridgeport team to play in their old arena in Long Island. Then the Rangers are going to take the Wolfpack to Bridgeport (Bridgeport actually has slightly better attendance than Hartford, and proximity probably helps too).

I don't know if it's true, but it makes sense to me. If that's the case, hopefully Uconn hockey continues to grow and make up some of the difference...
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That rumor has been making the rounds for a while; but, it's still several year away from happening, if it ever does, because the planned redevelopment of the arena has to be approved and completed first. PLus, it assumes that the Islanders will be successful in Brooklyn and don't move back.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/goodby...ould-return-to-nassau-coliseum-010832641.html
 
Mr. Conehead said:
That rumor has been making the rounds for a while; but, it's still several year away from happening, if it ever does, because the planned redevelopment of the arena has to be approved and completed first. PLus, it assumes that the Islanders will be successful in Brooklyn and don't move back.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/goodby...ould-return-to-nassau-coliseum-010832641.html
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My understanding is the renovations are slated to begin this summer and conclude by December of 2016. The arena will be reduced to around 12-13k so the Islanders likely won't ever be moving back.

The Sound Tigers will probably be playing in Uniondale starting the 2017-18 season.
 
Minor league hockey leaving Hartford? No big deal. Downtown is a disaster. Bringing a NHL team takes a brand new arena and the oy feasible place is by the Rent. 22500 seat arena minimum with all the goodies. Forget lipsticking the piggy downtown.
 
Alum86 said:
Minor league hockey leaving Hartford? No big deal. Downtown is a disaster. Bringing a NHL team takes a brand new arena and the oy feasible place is by the Rent. 22500 seat arena minimum with all the goodies. Forget lipsticking the piggy downtown.
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No NHL team's arena holds 22.5k. Only 2 (Montreal & Chicago) eclipse 20k. The new XLC will seat a little over 17k.
 
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Alum86 said:
Minor league hockey leaving Hartford? No big deal. Downtown is a disaster. Bringing a NHL team takes a brand new arena and the oy feasible place is by the Rent. 22500 seat arena minimum with all the goodies. Forget lipsticking the piggy downtown.
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That would be really cool. Except for the part where the stadium is only at 35% capacity. It's fun to dream, though.
 
TheDoggPound said:
My understanding is the renovations are slated to begin this summer and conclude by December of 2016. The arena will be reduced to around 12-13k so the Islanders likely won't ever be moving back.

The Sound Tigers will probably be playing in Uniondale starting the 2017-18 season.
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Technically, Barclay's capacity for hockey is only 14,500 or so; but, they are going to bump that up somehow to 15,800 or so; but, reports have it that the seats I the west side are not conducive for watching hockey.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/09/there-are-some-bad-seats-for-hockey-at-barclays.html

Even with that bump, Barclay's I believe will be the 2nd smallest NHL arena after Winnipeg's (and just ahead of the XL center ironically).
 
whaler11 said:
The Wolfpack are playing home playoff games in Worcester due to the circus.

Well played XL Center.
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Since you were concerned enough to start a thread about it, you will be happy to hear that the Wolfpack scored a shorthanded goal in overtime last night to make Friday's game a potential series clincher. You're going, right?
 
Waquoit said:
Since you were concerned enough to start a thread about it, you will be happy to hear that the Wolfpack scored a shorthanded goal in overtime last night to make Friday's game a potential series clincher. You're going, right?
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If I can convince my 5 year old to go I will. Sometimes she wants to go othertimes she wants no part of it.

Laughing about them being stuck moving the games doesn't really put me on the hook for attending though.
 
whaler11 said:
Laughing about them being stuck moving the games doesn't really put me on the hook for attending though.
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Just for the record, of course it doesn't. Will be fun, though. The Pack has the look of a team on a mission.

Usually, I have no use for little kids at my live sporting events. But the Pack is different. They do a good hitting all the demographics, game day experience wise.
 
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