I am playing the worlds smallest violin right now. We are the major city with the beautifull arena not Pittsburgh "the steel city" with no mills.
If anyone understands how you feel, it's us Houston folks, who had our Oilers stolen away before we ever got to kick your Steelers' asses in the playoffs. I just want hockey in H-town. I really don't want it to cost some other city her franchise (well, maybe Dallas).
OK City has been pursuing an NHL team for years. It would not shock me at all to see it land there, though KC's offer is really strong. Nothing about Houston. Unless/until someone else owns the Rockets or someone else is willing to build a new arena, I'm afraid we won't have NHL hockey in the nation's 4th largest city.
Former Blades owner IS leery of NHL in KC JEFFREY FLANAGAN The Kansas City Star If former Blades owner Russ Parker were an NHL owner, his first choice to relocate might not be Kansas City, despite the allure of the Sprint Center. “My only real concern is the size of the market,” Parker told the Calgary Herald. “They already have two major sports franchises there, and three could turn out to be a crowd. There’ll be a honeymoon period, for sure, and they do have a group of businessmen who are solidly behind the sport. But still … “The Chiefs are indisputably No. 1 there. They draw 78,000 people to every home game. When Major League Baseball came back in the form of the Royals, replacing the A’s, business leaders in the community vowed they would never, ever lose that team again. They’ve been very diligent in that promise. “So whatever else they may attract there — NHL, NBA — is only going to be a distant third in terms of corporate dollars and public support.” Parker, who now owns the WHL’s Regina Pats, bought the Blades in 1990 and sold them in 1996. But, if not Kansas City, where should a team relocate? “If I was Pittsburgh, or any other existing team looking to move, my first choice might be Houston,” Parker said. “It has the size and a natural geographic rivalry with Dallas. (Or) Oklahoma City … there’s nothing else there, and they have a 19,000-seat building already in place. ” Desperate fans Kansas City, though, certainly has the attention of Penguins fans, some of whom have started their own Web site — www.helpthepens.com — to perhaps dissuade the team from coming here. The site even has a rather slanderous T-shirt aimed at our fair city. Green’s condition As we reported last week, Jerry Green, the colorful owner of Union Broadcasting, is ailing from a stroke he suffered last summer, his second stroke in recent years. Green is being cared for in an area nursing home. Green’s wife, Betsy, said she has been overwhelmed by the number of people who have sent their best wishes. “Our family is humbled that so many people have expressed such genuine concern for Jerry,” she said. “It really says a lot about how many people Jerry has touched over the years. Jerry has certainly given himself more to others than he ever asked for in return. “He’s comforted to know he’s in people’s thoughts and prayers.” Meanwhile, Betsy Green and Union Broadcasting president Chad Boeger continue to try to resolve a dispute over Jerry Green’s majority interest in stations WHB and KCTE, a dispute that triggered dueling lawsuits. But both Boeger and Betsy Green have indicated their relationship is not contentious and that they hope to resolve the matter soon.
“If I was Pittsburgh, or any other existing team looking to move, my first choice might be Houston,” Parker said. “It has the size and a natural geographic rivalry with Dallas. (Or) Oklahoma City … there’s nothing else there, and they have a 19,000-seat building already in place. ” awesome!
Looks like Mark Berman is gonna have some news on this tonight. He mentioned Houston and the NHL coming up later in sports.
I'm trying to contain my excitement as this is likely nothing more than Lemieux using potential relocation candidates as leverage to keep the team in Pittsburgh. With that said, is there anything I can do to keep that slots license from being issued??
It would be a great thing for the city to get a team such as the Penguins, with their young stars. I think the city would respond well. Hockey would grow on it.
Starting to sound promising....To have the NHL finally..after all these years of waiting since the WHA...WOW!
You guys think the Rockets coverage sucks on radio and tv now...wait until they get another pro team to talk about during the season.
Want to know the strange part? There is little sense of urgency here in Pittsburgh. Everybody seems to be going about their merry ways assuming everything will be alright. You would think the people in a city on the verge of losing a major sports team with the best collection of young talent in all of sports would be acting like maniacs trying to do anything possible to get the team to stay and voice their displeasure.....but they're really not.
