Sabres Moving Preseason Game to Penn State

[Eleven]

And seriously, what purpose is this game at Penn State serving? Do they really think they're going to get any kind of fan support from there? And Russ Brandon, he of Bills training camp in Rochester and general regionalization fame, thinks it's a good idea to dump on Rochester fans? This is totally nonsensical.

 

PA, wither thou? I need a voice to scream meddling for me!

 

It's "whither," he's upthread, I agree with him, and the apocalypse is nigh.

Edited June 29, 2016 by Eleven

[TrueBlueGED]

It's "whither," he's upthread, I agree with him, and the apocalypse is nigh.

 

Welp. At least I have a bunker.

[Thorner]

Welp. At least I have a bunker.

Thoooose were the days!

[darksabre]

For Pete's sake, it's a preseason game. Are the Hockeyville arenas ever up to standard? Where did this standard even come from?

 

If you don't want to play preseason games in weird places then just play at the normal arena. How hard is that?

 

Sounds like a power play by Pegula against the City if Rochester to get a cheaper rate on their lease at Blue Cross or force the City into performing upgrades.

[Stoner]

Bring it home, Terry! Bring it home! How could you schmucks not have seen that this was the plan all along!? Build phase one of the arena in his beloved Happy Valley. Buy the Sabres and drive them into the ditch. Oh, yes, you have your Yeichel. But when he busts, as Kim will ensure, it will be the final nail in your city's sports coffin. Finally completely and utterly demoralized, Buffalo will beg for the sweet release of death and will pay State College to take the moribund, woebegone franchise off its hands. And I've been working hand in hand with TPegs from the start. We're playing a long game, me and Ter, and we're playing you like Eleven played the fiddle in several orchestras. GoDD? He didn't get banned. He's happily posting on a message board with JFK and Maryilyn Monroe and Kurt Cobain. The Illuminati. The Clip Smith Autopsy. The Brexit and the looming Frexit. It's over, people. It's over.

[That Aud Smell]

For Pete's sake, it's a preseason game. Are the Hockeyville arenas ever up to standard? Where did this standard even come from?

 

If you don't want to play preseason games in weird places then just play at the normal arena. How hard is that?

 

Sounds like a power play by Pegula against the City if Rochester to get a cheaper rate on their lease at Blue Cross or force the City into performing upgrades.

Hear, hear.

 

Very much a power play, a twisting of an arm.

 

Russ Brandon is such a .

 

And this is such a kick in the nuts to the Roch faithful. I really don't like it.

 

Also, good stuff, PA.

[blugold43]

It is clearly a sneaky-brilliant marketing ploy to penetrate the lucrative Central PA market.  Unfortunately 9/26 is a Monday, so they won't get the 90-minute drive out of me.

 

How long before Russ farms out 5 home games a year to CRAPPY VALLEY?

Edited June 29, 2016 by blugold43

[hsif]

It is a kick in the nutz......

 

a small bone that would have been gobbled up by Sabres/Amerks fans.....

 

But to be honest, I'd rather sit in the RIT Polisseni center , than the BCA......... it's kind of a dump.

[darksabre]

It is a kick in the nutz......

 

a small bone that would have been gobbled up by Sabres/Amerks fans.....

 

But to be honest, I'd rather sit in the RIT Polisseni center , than the BCA......... it's kind of a dump.

RIT would have been a fun choice for a preseason game. No doubt that place would be rockin. I bet the players would love it.

[Stoner]

Headline?

 

Russes gonna Russ; Pegulas gonna Pegul

 

This seems like a two-fer. Brandon wanting to make a power play and the owner wanting an NHL game in his namesake arena.

[SwampD]

Are Buffalo and Rochester really two separate cities?

[MattPie]

Yeah this is ######. ###### anyone that had anything to do with this decision. We've been your red headed step child long enough buffalo, even though our city matches or eclipses yours in every fashion.

 

How about access to the Thruway?

 

Are Buffalo and Rochester really two separate cities?

 

They are as far as the census are concerned!

[That Aud Smell]

This seems like a two-fer. Brandon wanting to make a power play and the owner wanting an NHL game in his namesake arena.

 

Absofrickinlutely.

[inkman]

It is a kick in the nutz......

 

a small bone that would have been gobbled up by Sabres/Amerks fans.....

 

But to be honest, I'd rather sit in the RIT Polisseni center , than the BCA......... it's kind of a dump.

Maybe I just have too many fond memories of the joint but I have zero problems with the arena. No bad seats, concessions easily acessed.

 

Pollesini is just fine but it's still a college barn.

Edited June 29, 2016 by inkman

[spndnchz]

How old is that Arena? Thought I saw it was like 100 years old.

[inkman]

How old is that Arena? Thought I saw it was like 100 years old.

That's might be right but there was a $40 million dollar renovation in the 90's getting it up to speed.

[Eleven]

Buffalo News today reported that there already is $10M in state funds allocated to improving BCA, and the Amerks, as the major tenant, want a say in how that money is spent.  Not sure how this connects to moving the game to Happy Valley.

Edited June 29, 2016 by Eleven

[spndnchz]

That's might be right but there was a $40 million dollar renovation in the 90's getting it up to speed.

 

You do realize that was 20 years ago right? :flirt:

[Kr632]

Hey, we have the east side! Oh wait, no, that's not a good example...

the entire city of Rochester compares to the east side.

[sodbuster]

How old is that Arena? Thought I saw it was like 100 years old.

Built in '55.

Maybe I just have too many fond memories of the joint but I have zero problems with the arena. No bad seats, concessions easily acessed.

 

Pollesini is just fine but it's still a college barn.

This move was obviously just a BS pressure play, but the reality is that there are problems with the arena. In my opinion, if the plan is to make the arena more useful for other attractions, anything short of a new arena is a waste, because many of the problems are with the dimensions (specifically height) of the building. Edited June 29, 2016 by sodbuster

[PromoTheRobot]

Not surprising, the arena is trash. Stop funding renovations and just build a new one. Also this seems like a ploy, I doubt the Sabres ever intended to play a game in Rochester. The Sabres are just trying to push for more money in renovations when they should just put in some of there own money in if there so concerned.

Let's put the shoe on the other foot. Why should Terry Pegula buy Rochester a new arena if the city doesn't want to pitch in?

[inkman]

Built in '55.

This move was obviously just a BS pressure play, but the reality is that there are problems with the arena. In my opinion, if the plan is to make the arena more useful for other attractions, anything short of a new arena is a waste, because many of the problems are with the dimensions (specifically height) of the building.

They just need to raise the roof.

 

[PromoTheRobot]

The locker rooms at BCA are in the basement so players have to climb a flight of stairs in states. Maybe that's the issue?

[Eleven]

The locker rooms at BCA are in the basement so players have to climb a flight of stairs in states. Maybe that's the issue?

 

Aud was like that, too, I think.

[That Aud Smell]

Aud was like that, too, I think.

 

Was it? I recall getting in there once - ice/floor level, I thought. But there was some staircase arrangement somewhere too (I've seen that in photos).

 

Chicago Stadium famously had its locker rooms in the basement.