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03-13-2007, 03:27 PM
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#1 | | Resident Audiophile Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 746 Location: Rockin' in the Free World Collection Count: 70 | Penguins staying in the 'Burgh
The Penguins have reached a deal with city, county and state officials for a new arena which will keep them in the city for at least 30 years! http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_497458.html
Hockey is the only sport I really care about and I would've been really upset if the Penguins had left. Pittsburgh has needed a new arena for some time now, even more than they needed PNC Park or Heinz Field. | 
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03-13-2007, 04:24 PM
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#2 | | Please, call me Steve. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22,696 Location: Colorado (Spanish for "prettier than your state") Collection Count: Less than 5 | KC seemed to be offering them a pretty sweet deal, the last I heard, and I was surprised to see they finally worked something out. www.seatstaysup.com | |
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03-13-2007, 05:56 PM
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#3 | | CobraIsland.com Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 17,519 Location: NJ (Spanish for "more corrupt than your state") | Glad to see the Pens stay. I hate when teams relocate, like the Colorado Nordiques, Phoenix Jets, Atlanta Flames, Carolina Whalers, etc, etc.
(Please ignore the fact that I'm a fan of a team that relocated not once, but TWICE! Kansas City, then Colorado, now New Jersey  )
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03-13-2007, 06:10 PM
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#4 | | 2005 Photo Contributor Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,133 Location: somewhere in the middle Collection Count: roughly 150 News Credits: 8 | Well, that's good to hear. Though now we have an arena with nothing planned for it.  Hopefully we can get something to come through here that will make use of the giant disco ball. 
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03-13-2007, 06:11 PM
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#5 | | Please, call me Steve. Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22,696 Location: Colorado (Spanish for "prettier than your state") Collection Count: Less than 5 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by DevilzFan (Please ignore the fact that I'm a fan of a team that relocated not once, but TWICE! Kansas City, then Colorado, now New Jersey ) | Or the fact that one of those relocated franchises beat your relocated franchise for a Stanley Cup?
I'll agree, it's nice to see a franchise stick around with it's hometown, especially a team with young stars like Crosby and Malkin that could turn the team into a huge contender in the near future. | |
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03-13-2007, 07:39 PM
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#6 | | Flying Under Your Radar Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,988 Location: Montreal, Quebec Collection Count: Whatever survives "The Purge"… | Quote: |
Originally Posted by DevilzFan Glad to see the Pens stay. I hate when teams relocate, like the Colorado Nordiques, Phoenix Jets, Atlanta Flames, Carolina Whalers, etc, etc.
(Please ignore the fact that I'm a fan of a team that relocated not once, but TWICE! Kansas City, then Colorado, now New Jersey ) | I agree with what he said, except for the last part (me not being a fan of the Devils). I'm in Montreal, where our "team" is almost 100 years old. (No wonder it's falling apart...) | |
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03-13-2007, 08:16 PM
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#7 | | Master of War Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,873 Location: The End of Time Collection Count: Whole bunches | I'm a Pittsburgher since birth, and I couldn't care less. Not to rain on the parade or anything. I mean, the Commonwealth and the city (both of which have had major financial problems in recent years) have bent over backwards to keep them here, and I think it's kinda ridiculous. The Penguins haven't been anything to be proud of for years and the Pirates are a joke. The only team we have of any worth is the Steelers.
As for what they'll do with the Mellon Arena - hey, it's always been good for ice skating shows (Disney on Ice or whatever) and WWE events. 
OMG, he changed his signature for the first time in years. Miracles can happen.
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03-14-2007, 09:23 AM
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#8 | | Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,908 Location: St-Nicéphore, Québec Collection Count: 250 | Penguins should have moved to Quebec, where hockey is a real religion. That said Spekkio, you've never been this close to a Stanley Cup with Crosby, Malkin, Whitney, Gonchar & the others. | |
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03-14-2007, 09:44 AM
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#9 | | Hulk want ice cream!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,221 Location: Butler Pa Collection Count: about 100 | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Spekkio I'm a Pittsburgher since birth, and I couldn't care less. Not to rain on the parade or anything. I mean, the Commonwealth and the city (both of which have had major financial problems in recent years) have bent over backwards to keep them here, and I think it's kinda ridiculous. The Penguins haven't been anything to be proud of for years and the Pirates are a joke. The only team we have of any worth is the Steelers.
As for what they'll do with the Mellon Arena - hey, it's always been good for ice skating shows (Disney on Ice or whatever) and WWE events. | Yeah, the Pens would have sucked just as bad anywhere else. A new arena won't change that.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by firehawc_69 I want to be inside that girl on the right. | | |
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03-14-2007, 10:23 AM
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#10 | | Flying Under Your Radar Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,988 Location: Montreal, Quebec Collection Count: Whatever survives "The Purge"… | Quote: |
Originally Posted by TheIncredibleHulk Yeah, the Pens would have sucked just as bad anywhere else. A new arena won't change that. | Uh… I don't know if you follow hockey, but the Pens are serious Stanley Cup contenders, thanks to all the top draft picks they got from sucking throughout all those years. They are 5th in the East, and 11th overall. Which isn't that bad considering how they were dead last in the league for such a long time. | |
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