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| Mulefan | May 15 2011, 12:50 AM Post #181 |
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I agree! Nothing compares to the energy at a concert at MSG. Have been to many different arenas for concerts and MSG is just the best. It sucks for watching hockey though IMO! |
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| OlTimeHockey | May 15 2011, 12:55 AM Post #182 |
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Nothing beats seeing a hockey game at the Garden for sure..... [dohtml]<object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Pkw50ZcAFw&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Pkw50ZcAFw&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object>[/dohtml] |
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"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS "But the Coliseum became a repository for all the team's troubles, a convenient scapegoat. There were suggestions that no major free agent ever would set foot in such a decrepit place. We have two words for anyone making that argument: Fenway Park. History says free agents would play in an old boxcar if they got enough money and had a chance to win." - Mark Herrmann 查理斯 · 請死你混蛋 | |
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| Snowy | May 15 2011, 10:36 AM Post #183 |
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If you're buying tickets via Stubhub or any other ticketing service, it's also MUCH more expensive. The Garden is the Garden, you can't compete with it. However, if you want a cheaper alternative, the Coliseum is always a great option. |
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| THEDRIVE4FIVE | May 15 2011, 10:42 AM Post #184 |
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I saw My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and some no name band at MSG two years ago for $37 if I remember correctly. |
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| IslandNative | May 16 2011, 03:30 PM Post #185 |
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It seems funny now that Nassau puts out a order to get a new Coliseum and today, Newsday and the Times both put out articles over how arenas are not a good idea: http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;jsess...eed:i=1.2878622 (This should bypass their paywall, I think) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/sports/a...&pagewanted=all (Redirect from another site due to their paywall) Interesting coincidence... |
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| Jackace | May 16 2011, 03:49 PM Post #186 |
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Saw Dave Matthews at both MSG and Coliseum last summer. By far the sound was better at MSG than the Barn. But MSG was just under an hour more from door to door and the sound was still really good at the Coliseum. I would miss going to shows if the Coliseum was abandoned. And I do like the idea of a minor league baseball park to compete with the Ducks tix, which can be tough to get outside group sales offers through elementary school deals. And those school sponsored events are just brutal. I have to drink my face off just to deal with the damn quackers EVERY kid has and feels the need to blow incessantly for the entire game. |
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| stevedepot | May 16 2011, 03:57 PM Post #187 |
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yes, but look on the bright side. They drown out some of the annoying lawnguyland womenz' incessant babbling. "Oh my gawudd, Trish, Trish, lemme axe you, doesn't Kevin Baez look a little like Garth Brooks?" btw, You hear alot dumber stuff than that. |
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| aBiNeR | May 16 2011, 06:55 PM Post #188 |
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Today's Newsday article: http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/islan...rdles-1.2878622 After reading this, my vote is no. Sorry...I will not support Wang if he doesn't profit on this venture. "NEXT!" |
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| oldislesfan | May 16 2011, 07:02 PM Post #189 |
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Ahh yes, the dolan controlled newspaper will give you all the unbiased news concerning the Isles, the arena, and Wang.
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| stevedepot | May 16 2011, 07:34 PM Post #190 |
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The previous articles in Newsday blogs on day of announcement and day after in print edition were very favorable. |
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| Lexhair | May 17 2011, 09:46 AM Post #191 |
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Dolan's general approach to improving any local arena that competes with MSG is usually negative. |
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| rst033 | May 17 2011, 05:13 PM Post #192 |
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remember it's a leftwing media that does not want a conservative republican to succeed. if it was a democrat county democrat this and that we'd all hear it's a great idea. the city was a financial mess when the yankees and the mets got their stadiums why is this different? |
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| Jackace | May 17 2011, 07:51 PM Post #193 |
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Because a new coliseum would directly compete with Dolan's MSG. Wanger use the media for his agenda, but so does Dolan. And I give Dolan the edge, since he owns a LI newspaper and Chuck does not. But I still think this gets voted through. Maybe wishful thinking on my part. |
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| OlTimeHockey | May 18 2011, 02:43 AM Post #194 |
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Wang's as far left as DP is far sucking. Regardless, The County government is an eyesore to NYT, so I'm torn....maybe they didn't have the inner courage to post this about an arena the past decade but finally found the strength? |
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"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS "But the Coliseum became a repository for all the team's troubles, a convenient scapegoat. There were suggestions that no major free agent ever would set foot in such a decrepit place. We have two words for anyone making that argument: Fenway Park. History says free agents would play in an old boxcar if they got enough money and had a chance to win." - Mark Herrmann 查理斯 · 請死你混蛋 | |
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| Islander4cups | May 18 2011, 12:13 PM Post #195 |
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Exactly...remember who it was that killed the idea of a West Side Stadium for the Jets and Giants... Dolan. Dolan knows a new NVMC means he can't have certain acts for 6 days when he already has them for 3. Newday will do everything it can to stop a new NVMC despite what the facts are. and the times article mentioned in another post seemed to forget one key issue...the stadium they mentioned in their article is in a friggin desert with no permanent tenant in place...no wonder its a money loser. |
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| stevedepot | May 19 2011, 08:59 AM Post #196 |
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THIS is how it's done. Negotiations. All parties agreeing to split costs at a fair rate and not worry nor burden taxpayers with the entire cost while massaging them with nonsense nor scaring them with fear of the alternatives. Too bad it's all politics in Nassau with BOTH parties to blame while our owner tries his best to not spend a dime of his money. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=366186
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| Snowy | May 19 2011, 11:38 AM Post #197 |
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Wish our deal was as well thought out as that one is. |
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| IslandNative | May 22 2011, 12:34 PM Post #198 |
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Another Newsday piece on the Coliseum this morning, This time it's that they won't make money unless they develop the land (full mobile article for non-Dolan users) http://mobile.newsday.com/inf/infomo;JSESS...0943&nopaging=1 |
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| OlTimeHockey | May 22 2011, 02:07 PM Post #199 |
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It says he'll have an easier time making money by building less....Murray levels. He gets the expensive piece thrown in for free. Right now with the NVMC build, he makes money. To say otherwise is ridiculous. He lays out no cash and gets all arena revenues. I guess no drama is bad business. |
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"clearly it's Rick DiPietro's stupidity that's put the islanders in this situation getting into an altercation when a game was over..." Keith Jones on VS "But the Coliseum became a repository for all the team's troubles, a convenient scapegoat. There were suggestions that no major free agent ever would set foot in such a decrepit place. We have two words for anyone making that argument: Fenway Park. History says free agents would play in an old boxcar if they got enough money and had a chance to win." - Mark Herrmann 查理斯 · 請死你混蛋 | |
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| Jackace | May 22 2011, 04:04 PM Post #200 |
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That looks like 60% to me. newsday |
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