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Either it or a similar site were mentioned a long time ago on this very thread, I believe.

Then they'll just have them in domed stadiums instead of trying to have them outdoors at night. I can't see any good reason for rooting against the LA-Anaheim game.

We know a hockey game can be played outdoors in the desert... the Rangers and Kings played outdoors in Las Vegas. But this is the Coyotes we're talking about! Actually, it might work... if we can get the Blackhawks and Red Wings to play each other in Glendale, I bet the crowd might be pretty decent!

I forgot he ever played in the red-and-black era:

Wait a minute, is that for ANY ticket at the ACC? As in, $150 even for something in the nosebleeds? God does Toronto have some ridiculous ticket inflation. It depends on the game. On Stubhub, some Leafs games start at around $50, while others start at $150. The next Leafs-Habs game at the ACC starts at $230 (and that's just standing room only, if you want a seat, it's at least $300). I was on Ticketmaster, and on a Tuesday night, (what I'm assuming are) standing room tickets were $40; real seats started at $70.

I've seen worse. They used to have a thing where you get 2 free tickets when you buy a $20 bottle of Absolute or Stoli or something from Fry's (a local grocery store). maybe but that's $24.75 for a NHL ticket, a hot dog and Pepsi per person to see the current Stanley Cup champs play. I spent more than that to take my wife to see Phantom of the Opera for her birthday years ago. ... on a Saturday night, no less. Those should be the easy tickets to sell.

Those numbers just seem really wrong. I took some shortcuts to make this math quick, and that may invalidate my final answer, but chew on this: $50M more gate revenue for TOR than PHX ÷ 41 home games ÷ roughly 18,500 seats average between the two arenas = $66 more revenue per seat, per game for the Leafs. Only $66 more for the ACC than the Glendale Fortress of Solitude? Doesn't seem like the right markup. That's if we were talking about two teams selling every ticket, but Toronto always sells out and Phoenix has been in the 70%'s (80 so far this season, but still). Edit: Interesting to add that I could go to Ticketmaster and buy at least single seats for upcoming Leafs games when every one will be sold out eventually, but I physically could not purchase Coyotes tickets through Ticketmaster for some reason. I don't know what's up with that, but the Coyotes would not even sell me a first-hand ticket. Wonder why they're not making money?

Does anyone else think it's weird that Toronto only has 6x the gate revenue that Phoenix does? I could easily see a $10 upper level Coyotes ticket being $60 dollars or more in Toronto... that's even before considering that the Leafs sell those tickets. Admiral, you forgot the other facet of Coyotes revenue... parking, of course! That's like a multi-hundred dollar revenue stream right there.

Their promo video showed a player lifting the Stanley Cup... their intentions are pretty darn clear, but the NHL likes people who don't make a fuss. Them doing all kinds of crazy stuff to get noticed like Balsillie did won't get a team back to Quebec any faster.

Presidents' Trophy is fine to me, because there is an actual award handed out. There's no "first in your conference, but not in the league" trophy. It just stinks because the team that wins the Presidents' Trophy normally doesn't win the Stanley Cup, so there's some bad feelings.

The Mercury Mets Rays?

I think it would look a lot better with the logo at the top instead. Since their logo basically is a wordmark, I don't see the benefit of writing out "WASHINGTON CAPITALS".

You got lucky, then... site's shut down.

Is it counterfeit or just a fashion jersey? I feel like most counterfeiters try harder than to have the stripes just stop halfway around the sleeve.

If you want to burn something and you can't afford to burn a real jersey, maybe you should just burn a t-shirt or a hat instead.

Just the look of Barclays is terrible enough! I didn't even know much about the eminent domain fight. If you want to build an arena that evokes Brooklyn brownstones, use stone. Not rust.

Maybe he just wants a business that handles a lot of cash in a tax-friendly state for 100% legitimate and legal reasons?

I hope he threw up a little bit when he put that stuff on. Just a little bit, and only once. I don't blame him for taking the job and I wish him luck, but damn that stings.

Now there's a haircut you can set your watch to!

Makes perfect sense... it's the Dred Scott of HFBoards. I think Plessy v. Ferguson is the case you were looking for. Dred Scott was a slave who sued his owner for his freedom. The Supreme Court basically said "F*** you... you're not a person; you're a piece of property, so you don't even have standing to sue someone in the first place." It's what I thought of when I pictured a hypothetical Quebec fan or Hamilton fan complaining on HFBoards about someone trolling them, only to find out that they don't even have a "fanbase" to offend since they don't have a team to be a fan of. And the end result is that the authorities let the trolling continue. "Trolling" in the first instance is, of course, slavery.

Makes perfect sense... it's the Dred Scott of HFBoards.

Admiral's idea makes as much sense as anything. Ironically, I think the Twins would next have been offered the chance if the Brewers somehow declined. I wonder if the Royals were still feeling their big rivalry with the Yankees at that point. Now this is reminding me of how the Bills turned down Baltimore's spot in the AFC North because they wanted to keep the rivalry with the Dolphins. Only problem was it was a Kelly/Marino rivalry, not a Bills/Dolphins rivalry. And look at that great rivalry today.

I don't know if that's good or bad for 1:00 baseball during the week. I honestly have no idea how baseball teams fill seats in the middle of the day in the middle of the week.

The Atlantic Cities wrote a great story on the MLB and Buffalo last July. As both Coca-Cola Park, along with the Colorado Springs stadium opened in 1988, they are now tied for being the fifth oldest park(s) in AAA baseball. That's kinda scary; I didn't realize parks had sprung up like that for minor league teams. While looking at stadium ages, I discovered that Buffalo's is also the biggest stadium in AAA with a lead over the next ballpark of almost 20%. That was a really cool article for a Buffalonian like me who only knew whispers of that whole deal. It's a good place to watch a game. My only complaint is that the outfield looks out onto a tangled mess of highway, on- and off-ramps, and ugly property... if the stadium were rotated 180 degrees, it would look out right into the heart of the city. Looking towards the outfield: And compare that to the view behind home plate: