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TRP: These Ides Have Seen A Lot Of Loves...

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jmh said:
Well, I guess the fact that they have a football stadium with a pirate ship in it is pretty cool.

Plus I gather they have a lot of strip clubs, which means even MNS has a chance to see some boobs!
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Tampa's not bad, actually. 2012's FF will be pretty *king good.

And quit trying to inject logic into Brent's arguments. He doesn't know how to deal with that! :D
 
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I just saw the word "{PROVICED" in a patent application.

Well, OK, it was "provided" with a typo, but it still made me laugh.
 
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Bakunin said:
Denver has a better downtown area within walking distance of the arena. There isn't a whole *'ing lot near the X other than a handful of bars. It's a shame that St. Paul isn't as built up in that area as downtown Minneapolis is - if it was, the fan experience would be vastly improved between / before / after the games. Instead, you'll have a bunch of people hopping in cabs / rental cars driving over to Minneapolis. Sadly, the light rail expansion is years away and won't be in place for this tournament.
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True. But they are working on it. I think that's part of the bigger plan for the old GPL tailgate lot that McGovern's bought. I bet they're gonna expand or something in the next couple years.

I'm pretty sure many will be staying in hotels on the Mpls side anyway, I dunno how many hotels are within walking distance besides the two right there at the X.
 
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The X has been there a few years now - you'd think that the area around there would be more built up than it is - and yet it isn't. It makes it rather frustrating between games when there's not a lot of variety of places to go - so the same five places are completely packed.
 
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Bakunin said:
The X has been there a few years now - you'd think that the area around there would be more built up than it is - and yet it isn't. It makes it rather frustrating between games when there's not a lot of variety of places to go - so the same five places are completely packed.
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Trouble is with the fabric of the city. It was/is known for its neighborhood bars, and that's tough to change, while Minneapolis is trying to be the midwestern NY or a "we're as good as Chicago" sort of city.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Trouble is with the fabric of the city. It was/is known for its neighborhood bars, and that's tough to change, while Minneapolis is trying to be the midwestern NY or a "we're as good as Chicago" sort of city.
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Minneapolis has a long ways to go to be as expensive as NYC if that's what they're going for - but they are certainly on par with them in terms of all the *'ing theaters.

St. Paul can have all the neighborhood bars they want - they can still do something about their downtown area.
 
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Bakunin said:
Minneapolis has a long ways to go to be as expensive as NYC if that's what they're going for - but they are certainly on par with them in terms of all the *'ing theaters.

St. Paul can have all the neighborhood bars they want - they can still do something about their downtown area.
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1. I'm talking amount of higher-end clubs/bars, etc. It's a sad effort, but they still try.

2. That's the thing: they don't care about a downtown. That's not neighborhood-y enough.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I know, but they're a bunch of drunk micks.
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Maybe so, but what's stopping the sober businessmen from moving into the area and building a high capacity bar/restaurant to accommodate the X crowds? Between the Wild, the state tourneys, the F5, the occasional regional / F4, and all the *'ing concerts, you'd think somebody would be all over this.
 
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Bakunin said:
Maybe so, but what's stopping the sober businessmen from moving into the area and building a high capacity bar/restaurant to accommodate the X crowds? Between the Wild, the state tourneys, the F5, the occasional regional / F4, and all the *'ing concerts, you'd think somebody would be all over this.
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Actually getting the properties. I have a feeling that the owners of certain key properties like it the way it is. There's so much potential, but so many older ways of doing things there.
 
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Bakunin said:
Maybe so, but what's stopping the sober businessmen from moving into the area and building a high capacity bar/restaurant to accommodate the X crowds? Between the Wild, the state tourneys, the F5, the occasional regional / F4, and all the *'ing concerts, you'd think somebody would be all over this.
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There's not really a lot of open land, honestly, between parking lots, that hospital, the History and Science museums, the RiverCentre itself and faceless skyscrapers behind the Xcel.
 
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Beer Pong Horn said:
There's not really a lot of open land, honestly, between parking lots, that hospital, the History and Science museums, the RiverCentre itself and faceless skyscrapers behind the Xcel.
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They need to rid themselves of the "Safe Place" and build a bar there. :mad:

Perfect location.
 
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