off topic Sabres HARBORcenter updates

[deluca67]

Or a bowling alley.

They could have the pins painted like Sabres jerseys. At Midnight Bowling they can have a special Tim Connolly pin that shatters on contact and a Ryan Miller pin that when hit it causes the other pins to scatter.

[cpabob]

They could have the pins painted like Sabres jerseys. At Midnight Bowling they can have a special Tim Connolly pin that shatters on contact and a Ryan Miller pin that when hit it causes the other pins to scatter.

 

OK, your a giant pain in the *ss most times but that is hilarious. Well done.

[TrueBlueGED]

They could have the pins painted like Sabres jerseys. At Midnight Bowling they can have a special Tim Connolly pin that shatters on contact and a Ryan Miller pin that when hit it causes the other pins to scatter.

 

Out-freakin'-standing :clapping:

[Two or less]

http://www.thegriffincanisius.com/canisius-planning-to-play-at-webster-block-1.2889419#.UED__5YwWfV

 

Canisius is planning on playing at one of the rinks. How many people are going to fit in that arena? How much does Canisius even draw?

[shrader]

http://www.thegriffi...19#.UED__5YwWfV

 

Canisius is planning on playing at one of the rinks. How many people are going to fit in that arena? How much does Canisius even draw?

 

I just scanned through all of their box scores from last year and their peak was 1100. But that was RIT, so it was a local game. Other than that, they had one game in the 800s against Mercyhurst (again, relatively local). The rest seemed to range from 400-700.

[Two or less]

I just scanned through all of their box scores from last year and their peak was 1100. But that was RIT, so it was a local game. Other than that, they had one game in the 800s against Mercyhurst (again, relatively local). The rest seemed to range from 400-700.

 

Thanks. So they'd be a good fit for the Webster rink.

[spndnchz]

Thanks. So they'd be a good fit for the Webster rink.

 

Their current rink holds as many as the Webster rink (about 1,800)

[spndnchz]

Pegula and Brown having presser tomorrow. Not sure what time yet.

[shrader]

Pegula and Brown having presser tomorrow. Not sure what time yet.

 

Hopefully Brown was able to throw a couple bucks TO's way to return that key to the city. Pegula really shouldn't have to pay for a new key that Byron will hand over to him.

[darksabre]

I just scanned through all of their box scores from last year and their peak was 1100. But that was RIT, so it was a local game. Other than that, they had one game in the 800s against Mercyhurst (again, relatively local). The rest seemed to range from 400-700.

 

I saw more people at a Roc City Roller Derby bout this weekend than I've ever seen at a Canisius game.

[That Aud Smell]

Terry and Ted said on day one they didn't want to get into the development business, that if positive things happened on the waterfront, they'd settle for an assist — not a goal.

for those looking for attribution, here's the article PA accurately recalls from march 2011.

 

http://www.buffalone...rder=ASC&page=1

 

"Are we going to take the lead on real estate development? It's not my background, it's not my expertise," Black said. "If something's going to happen down there, to use a hockey metaphor, if somebody gets a goal and we can get a second assist and we all get points and it helps Buffalo, we're in favor of it.

 

"I don't see us taking the lead on developing or insisting it's a certain way, but we certainly want to be ingrained members of the community."

 

the one thing i will add on further reflection: we can say that ted said it and we can say that ted speaks for terry, but we can't say that terry said it.

 

in any case and further along these lines, this bit of fluff from the mayor in today's paper caught my eye:

 

"One of my first conversations with Mr. Pegula after he first purchased the Sabres was his desire to do something special for this community," Brown said in a corner of the parking lot known as the Webster Block. "Not just to purchase the hockey team that he has loved for all of his time as a fan of hockey but also to do something really special to help build and grow Buffalo and Western New York. Well this is certainly something special to help build and grow Western New York."

 

http://www.buffalonews.com/article/20120910/CITYANDREGION/120919937/1002

Edited September 10, 2012 by That Aud Smell

[Eleven]

I think if I have to listen to Mayor Brown's voice, I'm going to need Swamp's daughter's seizure medicine.

[SwampD]

I think if I have to listen to Mayor Brown's voice, I'm going to need Swamp's daughter's seizure medicine.

:w00t: That's already given me two good laughing fits this morning.

[PASabreFan]

the one thing i will add on further reflection: we can say that ted said it and we can say that ted speaks for terry, but we can't say that terry said it.

Not those words, no, but at the News' editorial board meeting on Day One, Terry said, "I have to plead ignorance" (on any knowledge of watefront development in Buffalo). Ted then cut in with the quote you referenced. Technically true, probably, what Terry said, but if at the same time he had already been talking to his staff and the Mayor about getting involved in a major development, I'd say there was some verbal hanky panky going on there. Terry tends to come off as a bit too clever for his own good.

 

Thanks, Aud, for making me listen to almost an hour of Terry at that meeting again. Good to refresh my memory on the roots on my suspicions of the guy. What a train wreck of a performance.

[That Aud Smell]

Not those words, no, but at the News' editorial board meeting on Day One, Terry said, "I have to plead ignorance" (on any knowledge of watefront development in Buffalo). Ted then cut in with the quote you referenced.

 

i hadn't realized that ted said it in front of terry -- that's another matter entirely. that basically makes it something terry said.

 

Thanks, Aud, for making me listen to almost an hour of Terry at that meeting again. Good to refresh my memory on the roots on my suspicions of the guy. What a train wreck of a performance.

 

:oops:

[spndnchz]

John Koelmel announced as president of Harbor Center.

 

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of First Niagara Bank and its parent, First Niagara Financial Group,

[Eleven]

Koelmel is a great guy. Genuine, hard-working, and professional. He's going to be great for that project.

[LabattBlue]

John Koelmel announced as president of Harbor Center.

 

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of First Niagara Bank and its parent, First Niagara Financial Group,

Seems like a pretty big step down from bank president/CEO to president of a building consisting of a parking ramp, two hockey rinks, hotel and restaurant/bar.

Edited June 6, 2013 by LabattBlue

[nobody]

So we can expect another major arena built and another NHL team being bought at some point; right? :)

Koelmel loves to expand.

[Eleven]

Seems like a pretty big stop down from bank president/CEO to president of a building consisting of a parking ramp, two hockey rinks, hotel and restaurant/bar.

 

I don't think he needs to work (in the money sense), I think he needs to work because he's a "builder."

Edited June 6, 2013 by Eleven

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

So we can expect another major arena built and another NHL team being bought at some point; right? :)

Koelmel loves to expand.

 

Terry: "Thanks for not paying attention to your balance sheet and handing me millions of dollars for the next 15 years to name this clunker, while your company's value takes a 40% haircut..........you'll fit right in."

[X. Benedict]

I don't think he needs to work.

 

I think that's it. And he gets to be part of the Sabres organization. Sounds like a fun gig.

I hope he goes easy on Kilgore.

 

"Ed, send out a press release today how I just bought out Cobblestone, and get ready for Lloyd's Food truck next week. We'll own Pearl by next Wednesday."

[That Aud Smell]

Seems like a pretty big stop down from bank president/CEO to president of a building consisting of a parking ramp, two hockey rinks, hotel and restaurant/bar.

 

What Eleven said. I will also add: Few people of Koelmel's stature and means love the area as much as he does. This Webster Street project is about as exciting a piece of development as the City's had ... maybe in modern history. So it's a natural fit, really. He will also move on to some other big(ger) challenge(s) at some point.

 

And he gets to be part of the Sabres organization. Sounds like a fun gig.

John loves his sports -- I think that's a big piece of it.

 

I hope he goes easy on Kilgore. "Ed, send out a press release today how I just bought out Cobblestone, and get ready for Lloyd's Food truck next week. We'll own Pearl by next Wednesday."

So we can expect another major arena built and another NHL team being bought at some point; right? :) Koelmel loves to expand.

 

:w00t:

 

:lol:

[Jsixspd]

Awesome! We'll have a great place to go to celebrate the Sabres when they finally win that Stanley Cup.....

 

 

Oh wait..... :lol:

[PASabreFan]

Yep, the Sabres settle for nothing but the best.