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Re: UW-Milwaukee exploring adding D-1 hockey
Not that there was a strong chance of UWM adding it, but some news yesterday might be another weight on the "not going to happen" side...
UWM obtained the naming rights for what was most recently the US Cellular Arena, the former MECCA, in downtown. After an ill-fated trip back on campus, UWM moved back to the arena for the D1 men's basketball team last year. As part of the new deal, the Journal-Sentinel story today has this line:
"With the new agreement, talk of a new arena on the UWM campus is dead. UWM Athletic Director Amanda Braun said building on campus did not make sense for the institution."
The little chitter-chatter I had heard about hockey was that if they built a new on-campus facility, they might put in ice and add a team to help maximize its use. I don't get any sense that they'd do hockey downtown. They have a hard enough time attracting fans for Panther hoops.
So, I'd move the UWM hockey chances from an optimistic 5% to almost zero. (Just my two cents...)
FYI - UWM release:
http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2014/06/26/arena/#.U61ttp0o6M8
Not that there was a strong chance of UWM adding it, but some news yesterday might be another weight on the "not going to happen" side...
UWM obtained the naming rights for what was most recently the US Cellular Arena, the former MECCA, in downtown. After an ill-fated trip back on campus, UWM moved back to the arena for the D1 men's basketball team last year. As part of the new deal, the Journal-Sentinel story today has this line:
"With the new agreement, talk of a new arena on the UWM campus is dead. UWM Athletic Director Amanda Braun said building on campus did not make sense for the institution."
The little chitter-chatter I had heard about hockey was that if they built a new on-campus facility, they might put in ice and add a team to help maximize its use. I don't get any sense that they'd do hockey downtown. They have a hard enough time attracting fans for Panther hoops.
So, I'd move the UWM hockey chances from an optimistic 5% to almost zero. (Just my two cents...)
FYI - UWM release:
http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2014/06/26/arena/#.U61ttp0o6M8
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