The XL Center is now People's Bank Arena. *nm*

[willie99]

I trust they have, seen a few pictures, but I want more

 

[CTBasketball]

I think the problem is less a sellout where 6000 more seats generate roughly $67 apiece, as the fact that what happens when they don't sell out at what point is the school operating at a loss by going to Hartford?

Also, I have to laugh at the Hartford crowd seems to love name-calling. I guess this prospect of an additional 30 minute drive make some people angry..

Yeah I mean you need to sell seats regardless. When Ollie had us battling to stay above .500 in the AAC it probably made most financial sense to play in Gampel.

Both sides name call, have season tickets at both, and the only thing that angers me is when people leave games early.

 

[Flipside]

anyone remember when A Taste of Hartford raged all sides of Constitution Plaza, for 3-4 days/nights straight?

What many say can't be done in Hartford, has been done, just didn't work out ...

IYKYK ... Spris (cross w/ Best Pizza in CT thread), Constitution Plaza ... previously the Gayle King Studios building ... at the time, had 2 locations, same owners Hartford & South Beach Miami ... Hartford location closed late-2000s, 3 South Florida locations open to this day

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Best Italian Pizza in Miami | Brick Oven Pizzeria Near Me

https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/hartfords-spris-restaurant-closes/

Hartford’s Spris restaurant closes
Hartford Business Staff
November 12, 2010

Spris Restaurant in downtown Hartford’s Constitution Plaza shuttered its doors this week.

A message on the restaurant’s phone-answering machine Friday confirmed the closing.

“We appreciate all your business and thank you very much,” the message said.

The Italian-style restaurant closed after about nine years in business.

The closing of Spris comes just a few weeks after the city announced that it will move the annual Festival of Light holiday display out of Constitution Plaza and into Bushnell Park.

“The restaurant business is one of the toughest businesses and Spris had a great run,” said city spokeswoman Sarah Barr. “The city looks forward to future development occurring to spur new business opportunities.”

 

[Flipside]

1. that's why I typed "could have been"
2. as many as Indianapolis ... building more hotels is an option too, but only executed by visionaries that put actions to dreams, and squash doubters

#2 shows how little you know.

this post appears not to have aged well

 

[CL82]

Both sides name call

Well each of us have a choice whether we are going to stoop to that.

 

[zls44]

this post appears not to have aged well

What the hell are you talking about


Hartford. Wasn’t. Beating. Indy. Ever.

 

[Flipside]

What the hell are you talking about

Hartford. Wasn’t. Beating. Indy. Ever.

meanwhile the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame sits in Springfield, MA

tell me that you subscribe to the "Will never happen, Debbie Downer" approach, w/o telling me (sad face)


NCAA Hall of Champions, Indianapolis

 

[husky8273]

ha, will search the archives for some Muni gems too

had no idea folks danced at either of these bars

 

[zls44]

meanwhile the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame sits in Springfield, MA

tell me that you subscribe to the "will never happen, Debbie Downer" approach, w/o telling me (sad face)

Yeah, and the people who run the BB HOF do everything they can to crap on Springfield. Ask around. Awful org to work with in the community, constantly pulling events out of the city and doing them anywhere else.

The NCAA HQ is in Indianapolis. That is why they get Final Fours. IT. IS. IN. THE. CONTRACT. WITH. THE. CITY. HARTFORD. WASNT. GETTING. THAT. YOU. IDIOT.

 

[zls44]

https://www.ibj.com/articles/52461-final-four-payoff-from-2004-ncaa-pact-continuing-to-escalate

“The memorandum of understanding states that, within every five-year cycle—if Indianapolis maintains its facilities in a top-notch manner—the city will get to host a men’s and women’s Final Four, the NCAA’s annual convention, and an earlier round of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.”

 

[87Xfer]

It continuously loses millions each year, it is a dependable tax write off.

Do you think they can't find a lower profile tax write off?

 

[Waquoit]

I don't live in the past. I had a great time at both the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival and The Capital Groove this year. Both had big crowds. Lots of good stuff in Hartford now. This looks cool for this Sunday: West End Porch Fest

 

[Flipside]

Yeah, and the people who run the BB HOF do everything they can to crap on Springfield. Ask around. Awful org to work with in the community, constantly pulling events out of the city and doing them anywhere else.

The NCAA HQ is in Indianapolis. That is why they get Final Fours. IT. IS. IN. THE. CONTRACT. WITH. THE. CITY. HARTFORD. WASNT. GETTING. THAT. YOU. IDIOT.

I am slightly disturbed and amused with your continued hostility, and dedicate one of my favorite artist's tracks, to you

 

[CCSUblue]

PeoplesBank opening space in Hartford across from arena.

https://share.google/I9Hoed2sBZxFCvURs

 

[CTBasketball]

Do you think they can't find a lower profile tax write off?

Well they can, but when you’re a billionaire owning a WNBA team for a write off is a better conversation starter over cavier than owning a regular company that loses millions.

 

[Waquoit]

Well they can, but when you’re a billionaire owning a WNBA team for a write off is a better conversation starter over cavier than owning a regular company that loses millions.

$325M is real money. Someone isn’t spending much that for a write-off, they’re doing because they think they can make money.

 

[John]

Yeah, and the people who run the BB HOF do everything they can to crap on Springfield. Ask around. Awful org to work with in the community, constantly pulling events out of the city and doing them anywhere else.

The NCAA HQ is in Indianapolis. That is why they get Final Fours. IT. IS. IN. THE. CONTRACT. WITH. THE. CITY. HARTFORD. WASNT. GETTING. THAT. YOU. IDIOT.

might want to dial it back a little buddy

 

[Blades]

ha, will search the archives for some Muni gems too

+1.....Yeah you were alot more mobile than me.... won't forget your events at the new Uconn Hartford (Times/Dagny's) back in the day and Braza among others ! But I guess that's was "my joy"of being locked in owning a Hartford venue, LOL!... though I did have some fun along the way producing/promoting one offs at some of the bigger CT rooms like the Jai Lai, Civic Center, NH Coliseum and CT Expo Center. 😉

 

[CashewCrew]

PeoplesBank opening space in Hartford across from arena.

https://share.google/I9Hoed2sBZxFCvURs

They should move their HQ to City Place if they're going to be investing in the state like this. Bout time a company actually movies INTO the state.

 

[Palatine]

They should move their HQ to City Place if they're going to be investing in the state like this. Bout time a company actually movies INTO the state.

No sane business is moving into the state. High taxes, high energy costs, and a state motto "tax the rich they can afford it" that scares the heck out of CEOs.

Get the economy in order and that would be the real game changer. It truly has an impact on almost everything that happens with UConn and Peoples Bank.

 

[jostar1]

CT attorney general seeking info from WNBA on its role in potential Connecticut Sun sale

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced Thursday that he sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert seeking documents related to the league’s role in the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun.

“I am troubled by recent reports in the press that the WNBA may be wrongfully blocking a sale of the Connecticut Sun that would keep the Team in Connecticut in a manner that may be anticompetitive and may violate state and federal law,” Attorney General Tong wrote in the letter. “I am also concerned about press reports that, in lieu of a sale of the Team to a Connecticut-based buyer, the WNBA is demanding that the Team be sold to the League itself at a price tens of millions of dollars below market value, which could then be sold later to an owner approved to move the Team to a city that is part of the League’s plan of expansion.”

The WNBA reportedly told the Mohegan Tribe that its Board of Governors would likely not approve a sale to a Hartford or Boston-based buyer and instead offered to buy the team for $250 million. The league would then sell to a new buyer while waiving its relocation fee, allowing it to relocate the franchise to a market it prefers.

Tong is requesting the league provide the state with a copy of its operating agreement, membership agreement between the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA, the WNBA’s operating manual, league rules and regulations and copies of all valuations of the Connecticut Sun, including any appraisal, offer or expression of interest.

He also requested a meeting with WNBA leadership.

“Our dedicated and enthusiastic fanbase in Connecticut has strongly supported the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA for over twenty-years; to lose this franchise would be devastating to our state’s economy, our community and our state. Please understand Connecticut will fight hard for our players, coaches and fans, and we will take all steps necessary to keep the Team in Connecticut where it belongs,” Tong wrote in the letter.

“Our state is the epicenter and heart of women’s basketball and a dominant force in the sport,” Tong wrote. “There would be no WNBA—and no worldwide growth in the popularity of women’s basketball—without the players, coaches, and dedicated fanbase in and from Connecticut.”

https://www.courant.com/2025/09/11/ct-attorney-general-seeking-info-from-wnba-on-its-role-in-potential-connecticut-sun-sale/

 

[Hoophound]

CT attorney general seeking info from WNBA on its role in potential Connecticut Sun sale

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced Thursday that he sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert seeking documents related to the league’s role in the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun.

“I am troubled by recent reports in the press that the WNBA may be wrongfully blocking a sale of the Connecticut Sun that would keep the Team in Connecticut in a manner that may be anticompetitive and may violate state and federal law,” Attorney General Tong wrote in the letter. “I am also concerned about press reports that, in lieu of a sale of the Team to a Connecticut-based buyer, the WNBA is demanding that the Team be sold to the League itself at a price tens of millions of dollars below market value, which could then be sold later to an owner approved to move the Team to a city that is part of the League’s plan of expansion.”

The WNBA reportedly told the Mohegan Tribe that its Board of Governors would likely not approve a sale to a Hartford or Boston-based buyer and instead offered to buy the team for $250 million. The league would then sell to a new buyer while waiving its relocation fee, allowing it to relocate the franchise to a market it prefers.

Tong is requesting the league provide the state with a copy of its operating agreement, membership agreement between the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA, the WNBA’s operating manual, league rules and regulations and copies of all valuations of the Connecticut Sun, including any appraisal, offer or expression of interest.

He also requested a meeting with WNBA leadership.

“Our dedicated and enthusiastic fanbase in Connecticut has strongly supported the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA for over twenty-years; to lose this franchise would be devastating to our state’s economy, our community and our state. Please understand Connecticut will fight hard for our players, coaches and fans, and we will take all steps necessary to keep the Team in Connecticut where it belongs,” Tong wrote in the letter.

“Our state is the epicenter and heart of women’s basketball and a dominant force in the sport,” Tong wrote. “There would be no WNBA—and no worldwide growth in the popularity of women’s basketball—without the players, coaches, and dedicated fanbase in and from Connecticut.”

https://www.courant.com/2025/09/11/ct-attorney-general-seeking-info-from-wnba-on-its-role-in-potential-connecticut-sun-sale/

Now this is how you do it. Maybe Tong can get us into the P4.

I love how he asked for all of those documents and said they will do whatever it takes. He basically said, “We’re going to tie you up for a long time. Just give up.”