New Final Proposal from NHL

[billhoward]

There is a wee bit of a problem getting into the golden triangle (such as it is) of Newark's downtown via motorcar. By train and subway (PATH) it's a snap from New Jersey and from the island we bought for $24 worth of trinkets. I'm sure that if and when the arena is built, Newark will then come crying to the state and feds for highway improvements to Realize the Dream. And that will be on top of the $300 million or so.

For those Madison Square Garden chauvinists: the place looks old inside because it is. To watch a game, it's okay, but then so is any arena that doesn't have supporting pillars (aloha, Boston Garden). The corridors are tiny. This is the place where they forgot to put in a press box first time through. For some reason, the championship banners in the rafters appear old and dusty, as if none of them are more recent than say 10 years old.

Say whay you will about Byrne now Continental Arena, they just drove pilings deeper and deeper into the unused wetlands until they hit bedrock (or cinderblock and bone fragments). No historically wondrous buildings were razed to build something that itself will unlikely last much past 50 or 60 years.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:
For those Madison Square Garden chauvinists: the place looks old inside because it is. To watch a game, it's okay, but then so is any arena that doesn't have supporting pillars (aloha, Boston Garden). The corridors are tiny. This is the place where they forgot to put in a press box first time through. For some reason, the championship banners in the rafters appear old and dusty, as if none of them are more recent than say 10 years old.  [/q]
The "new" Garden is a dump.  Ugly outside and in, with bad sight-lines.  We were given pretty good tickets for a Rangers game--about 1/3 of the way up at center ice.  It was better to watch the game on the big-screen TV over the ice than to follow the action directly.  For this disaster someone decided to tear down Pennsylvania Station.  Dante would have known exactly where to place him/them.

[Greg Berge]

Seating for hockey should never exceed 7k.  The only remotely large building where it was fun to watch hockey from the cheap seats was the Gahden, and that was because the sides rose about twice as steep as Lynah, and you always felt like you were about to fall in.

[Al DeFlorio]

[Q]Greg Berge Wrote:

 Seating for hockey should never exceed 7k.  The only remotely large building where it was fun to watch hockey from the cheap seats was the Gahden, and that was because the sides rose about twice as steep as Lynah, and you always felt like you were about to fall in.[/q]
The overhang on mezzanine and balcony levels helped create that effect, too

[calgARI '07]

Passing on a rumor heard on the Fan 590 out of Toronto:

"The fan 590 out of toronto just reported that Tibeault and another
player rep have stated the players on their team would accept a salary
cap.  Howard berger also reported Goodenow told the players he won't
leave the table now until he gets a deal.  They also speculated on the
grumblings of 3rd/4th line players who want to vote because they want
to play.  If any of that is true it'll be interesting as it'll pretty
much be the first time the union cracked and not the owners.  they are
trying to run the source of the player rep quotes"

[calgARI '07]

Today's meeting is finished.  Talks ended "badly."  Season over.

[nyc94]

Sorry if it has been said before but on ESPN they said the last time the Stanley Cup was not awarded was 1919 due to the influenza outbreak.  The reigning World Series Champion at the time was the Boston Red Sox.  ::uhoh::

[jy3]

[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

 [Q2]jy3 Wrote:

 sad day for sports if the NHL cancels the season. This will really stink and I believe this may be the end of a major hockey sport in north america[/Q]
Dunno.  The Devils just announced they're building a new 18,000-seat arena.[/q]

u just made a devils fan quite happy, though i live far....buffalo is far