Developer hopes to bring NHL to Hartford
Dec 29, 2005 19:05:01 GMT -5
Post by Tankdriver on Dec 29, 2005 19:05:01 GMT -5
From TSN.ca
www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=148651&hubname=
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Eight years after the Whalers left Hartford for North Carolina, a developer wants to bring another NHL team to the Connecticut capital.
Lawrence Gottesdiener is head of Northland Investment Corp., which owns $500 million US worth of property in Hartford. He would like to put the team in a $250 million arena he hopes to build.
''We've got our own money, we're willing to invest in an arena and we're willing to buy a team,'' he said. ''It would be an important entity and symbol of the city, the region and the state.''
Gottesdiener's plan calls for a publicly subsidized, 16,000-seat venue that would be home to a major hockey team. The University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams also would play some games there.
The new arena would replace the Hartford Civic Center under the proposal, which was announced Wednesday amid talk of the Civic Center's future.
Bringing back the Whalers would be great. I have a nostaglia feelings when I hear about the possibility of Hartford, Winnipeg and Quebec City coming back. A know its a long shot but it seems right... atleast better than Phoenix, Carolina and Colorado.(even though they had a team before and are actually excelling this time around)
www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=148651&hubname=
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Eight years after the Whalers left Hartford for North Carolina, a developer wants to bring another NHL team to the Connecticut capital.
Lawrence Gottesdiener is head of Northland Investment Corp., which owns $500 million US worth of property in Hartford. He would like to put the team in a $250 million arena he hopes to build.
''We've got our own money, we're willing to invest in an arena and we're willing to buy a team,'' he said. ''It would be an important entity and symbol of the city, the region and the state.''
Gottesdiener's plan calls for a publicly subsidized, 16,000-seat venue that would be home to a major hockey team. The University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams also would play some games there.
The new arena would replace the Hartford Civic Center under the proposal, which was announced Wednesday amid talk of the Civic Center's future.
Bringing back the Whalers would be great. I have a nostaglia feelings when I hear about the possibility of Hartford, Winnipeg and Quebec City coming back. A know its a long shot but it seems right... atleast better than Phoenix, Carolina and Colorado.(even though they had a team before and are actually excelling this time around)
