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There is hope
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:03 am
by Smoked Meat
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Eight years after the Whalers left Hartford for North Carolina, a developer wants to bring another NHL team to the Connecticut capital.
Lawrence Gottesdiener is head of Northland Investment Corp., which owns $500 million US worth of property in Hartford. He would like to put the team in a $250 million arena he hopes to build.
''We've got our own money, we're willing to invest in an arena and we're willing to buy a team,'' he said. ''It would be an important entity and symbol of the city, the region and the state.''
Gottesdiener's plan calls for a publicly subsidized, 16,000-seat venue that would be home to a major hockey team. The University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams also would play some games there.
The new arena would replace the Hartford Civic Center under the proposal, which was announced Wednesday amid talk of the Civic Center's future.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=148651&hubname=
I'm not sure if a 16000 seats arena would be enough though. Then again if games presented there are full house on average it will already be more than what the Sabres, the Canes and the Preds draw on average each game, and all 3 are doing quite well this season.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/attendance?year=2006
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 1:47 am
by AcidQueen
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:37 am
by Smoked Meat
AcidQueen wrote:
Sucks to click on that ESPN link, huh? Oh wait, I know what you're going to say "but it's much better than during the Paul Maurice regime"
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:52 am
by MuchoBulls
If the guy has his own money, then why look for a publicly funded arena?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:29 pm
by Smoked Meat
His idea of investment is probably providing the land on which the arena will be built.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:01 am
by AcidQueen
Smoked Meat wrote:Oh wait, I know what you're going to say "but it's much better than during the Paul Maurice regime"
Actually, yes it is. Now if the 'Canes would get up off their asses and actually market their winning team....
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:03 am
by Cross Traffic
...and get rid of the cheerleaders.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:48 am
by AcidQueen
Cross Traffic wrote:...and get rid of the cheerleaders.
That too.
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:47 pm
by BrantfordBudFan
People can say what they want about the Canes and Preds, but last night in Jersey there were 11,971 for a New Years Eve game between the Leafs and the Devils.And I bet about 1500 were Leafs fans.Maybe I am missing something here but over the last 10 years have the Devils not won 3 cups?They may not be the team the used to be but they are not as bad as the Blues.Maybe the Ranger turned Devils fan is a Ranger fan again.So its just not just teams from the south who have attendance problems.
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:51 pm
by Smoked Meat
BrantfordBudFan wrote:Maybe the Ranger turned Devils fan is a Ranger fan again.So its just not just teams from the south who have attendance problems.
Thats right, the Devils' home is full house only when the Rangers are in town.