The Isles are an awful team with even worse management. It's shameful to see them crash and burn so hard (unlike the crash the Maple Leafs are suffering - now that's just plain enjoyable!)
-----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:58 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Hockey Time! Vegas certainly has the money, but sports teams are historically pretty wary of settling in Vegas because they don't want to be associated with the gambling. I also wonder about the wisdom of locating a hockey team in a desert in a city that is barely 500,000 without another major city nearby. On the other hand, Vegas doesn't have any other pro sports franchises which would mean that they are the only game in town. Portland has the Blazers and will likely soon have an MLS team. Still, I'm against putting hockey franchises in places where it doesn't snow. But I'm just grumpy that way. Oh and please please do not send us the Islanders. Those goons can stay where they are. Judah On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The most likely way to get a franchise in Portland is through reloacation. > Rumor has it that a group in Las Vegas is the front runner for the next > expansion team if it ever happens. There are plenty of teams in the US > suffering at the gate that would be prime targets for relocation. Atlanta, > NY Islanders, Nashville, Columbus, and Florida all have trouble putting > people in the seats. The Islanders were luck to draw 10,000 many nights, > and > were frequently well below that number when you take off the corporate > seats > that are sold but not used on a regular basis. > > It would be interesting to see the uproar here in Canada if a relocation > occurred after attempts to move Pittsburgh and Nashville to Hamilton were > shot down. > > Duane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
