It's possible but if they keep drawing 5000 and 6000 people to games how long before they have to consider it?
Duane -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 1:39 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Hockey Time! The islanders aren't going anywhere. Duane 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:35 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Hockey Time! > > Portland better get an NHL team here in the next couple years. > Unfortunately, the NHL season directly overlaps with the one pro sport we do > have, basketball. Still, it was a tease when they floated the idea of moving > the Penguins here while pushing for a new arena in Pittsburgh. Guess I'm > stuck with WHL hockey again this season and whatever they show on Versus. At > least our WHL team can't get any worse this season after barely winning a > game the last two seasons. Go Winterhawks?!? > > Trivia point: Portland was home to the first American team in the Stanely > Cup Finals. The Portland Rosebuds in 1916. > > Judah > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Scott Raley -ITC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> glad to hear it (about the Caps!) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:50 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: Hockey Time! >> >> oh hell no.... >> >> There's alot of Caps fans down here, just like there's alot of Redskins >> fans. >> I have my home and away jerseys that alternate games... >> >> Scott Raley -ITC wrote: >>> I'll see if I can get to one of these on your behalf. But I won't be >> wearing >>> a Caines jersey. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 8:19 AM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: Hockey Time! >>> >>> yup... >>> >>> We've only got three Caps/Caines matchups this season....... >>> Capitals games are one of the few things I miss about DC..... >>> >>> Scott Raley -ITC wrote: >>> >>>> Preseason is almost over. I'm ready to watch some Hockey! Go Caps! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:271953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
