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WCHA Final Five: Hello Empty Seats

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state of hockey said:
This discussion again? God this place sucks.
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Just think if the Gophers would have made the tourney and won a game or two..... the threads about it being an unfair advantage, why is it always there, blah blah blah would have been staggering.
 
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Slap Shot said:
You might be the first person I've ever known to say all that.
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He's used to the **** hole that is Joe Louis, he doesn't know what nice things are.

I've definitely been at the X when the atmosphere has been awesome, so that argument is pretty stupid. Luckily, the final 5 isn't going to be moved anywhere, because the people that make the decisions are smarter than the people on here that think it should be moved.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Luckily, the final 5 isn't going to be moved anywhere, because the people that make the decisions are smarter than the people on here that think it should be moved.
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Unless another facility/city want to try to outbid St. Paul and the X, it's going to stay here. The bottom line is no other WCHA city has a facility that can compete with the X except Denver. Unfortunately for them, they aren't centrally located - only DU and CC are close. UNO is the next closest program - about 7 hours away. Everyone else would have to fly.

St. Paul is about as centrally located as you can get for this league. Only DU, CC, and UAA fans would be flying to get here. It's driveable for every other team.
 
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UMDBulldogHockeyIsKing said:
I've heard their steaks are good. Maybe that could be substituted for the Broadmoor. The Final Five winner now receives a case of Omaha steaks.

Or conversely, we could just uphold the status quo and keep it in St. Paul which is held in an AWESOME hockey facility with a ton of things to do within walking distance (beer tailgating, checking out Twin Cities skanks at Tom Reids, the Woodfire Grill place with awesome food, having 3 inches between yourself and the next person at McGovern's).

How about this? Each arena could just alternate hosting, and the WCHA could lose a fortune. I'd love for it to be at tDECC, but frankly even 7000 seats ain't cutting it.
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So, you were aroused?. :D
 
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Re: WCHA Final Five: Hello Empty Seats

Every WCHA fan owes a debt of gratitude to the University of Minnesota hockey fans, who every year, fund the majority of the WCHA tournament with their eyeballs (on TV) and wallets (ticket sales), which in turn, funds the league and the schools in it.

As a Denver fan, the WCHA tournament should always belong in the Twin Cities, as that the geographic center of the league and it's media hub. Even though most Pioneer fans will never get to see it, there is no solid business case for moving it. Nowhere else will the tourney draw spectator numbers as it does in St. Paul.

Here endeth the lesson.
 
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Dirty said:
University of Minnesota hockey fans can lick my arse.
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Well put Dirty. No disrespect to Swami, but I dont agree with the tourney being held in St. Paul every year. Granted, it is a good venue in a good setting, but it does seem to favor certain teams and their fan bases. That is all I have.

stev
 
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toehimp said:
Well put Dirty. No disrespect to Swami, but I dont agree with the tourney being held in St. Paul every year. Granted, it is a good venue in a good setting, but it does seem to favor certain teams and their fan bases. That is all I have.

stev
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There's no way to avoid that or kill the great tournament that it is. This thread is spinning its wheels.
 
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Puck Swami said:
Every WCHA fan owes a debt of gratitude to the University of Minnesota hockey fans, who every year, fund the majority of the WCHA tournament with their eyeballs (on TV) and wallets (ticket sales), which in turn, funds the league and the schools in it.

As a Denver fan, the WCHA tournament should always belong in the Twin Cities, as that the geographic center of the league and it's media hub. Even though most Pioneer fans will never get to see it, there is no solid business case for moving it. Nowhere else will the tourney draw spectator numbers as it does in St. Paul.

Here endeth the lesson.
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and then we have fans who continue to argue against having it in St. Paul.

It is about the money. Pure and simple nothing else matters.
 
Re: WCHA Final Five: Hello Empty Seats

Puck Swami said:
Every WCHA fan owes a debt of gratitude to the University of Minnesota hockey fans, who every year, fund the majority of the WCHA tournament with their eyeballs (on TV) and wallets (ticket sales), which in turn, funds the league and the schools in it.

As a Denver fan, the WCHA tournament should always belong in the Twin Cities, as that the geographic center of the league and it's media hub. Even though most Pioneer fans will never get to see it, there is no solid business case for moving it. Nowhere else will the tourney draw spectator numbers as it does in St. Paul.

Here endeth the lesson.
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Knowledge, meet ignorance:

toehimp said:
Well put Dirty. No disrespect to Swami, but I dont agree with the tourney being held in St. Paul every year. Granted, it is a good venue in a good setting, but it does seem to favor certain teams and their fan bases. That is all I have.

stev
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Good venue, good setting, and it makes money...hmmm, YEAH LET'S CHANGE IT!

Wow.

I have attended the F5 for the last 7 years or so, even the non-Gopher games. If the F5 was in Omaha, Grand Forks, WI, Denver, etc, I probably wouldn't have done that. Maybe once every other or 3rd year, but not every year. The X is geographically the center of the league, the monetary center of the league, and the most lively (for non-game activities) for the league (arguably on that one, compared to Madison and Denver, I will admit).

It ain't moving, nor should it move.
 
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