Weave Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, LabattBlue said: Anyone know if Doug Allen is the part time anthem singer because of other commitments, or is it the Sabres choice? If the latter, I wish they would revisit this, pick a person, and have that be your go to person for all 41 games(unless of emergency). On a related side note and I have no idea how much truth there is in this, but I was told 5-10 years ago, that Doug Allen has to leave the arena after singing unless he has a ticket to the game. 26 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: There are a few features on Doug Allen you can find online. I believe one of them talks about his work and volunteer commitments occasionally causing him to miss games. Has he been gone more this year? I'm not sure. I'm also not sure about the ticket thing. It doesn't sound right, honestly. Going back to the time when the arena was first built, a coworkers brother did the in arena announcements at the Aud. One of the perks of the job was a ticket to the game. When the team moved to the new arena that perk went away. Granted, this was a couple of regimes ago, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if a ticket is no longer provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted November 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 23 minutes ago, Weave said: Going back to the time when the arena was first built, a coworkers brother did the in arena announcements at the Aud. One of the perks of the job was a ticket to the game. When the team moved to the new arena that perk went away. Granted, this was a couple of regimes ago, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if a ticket is no longer provided. It sounds OSP-ish, but not Pegula-esque. But the NHL put the goal judges upstairs so a few more people could pay big bucks to sit back there, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, PASabreFan said: It sounds OSP-ish, but not Pegula-esque. But the NHL put the goal judges upstairs so a few more people could pay big bucks to sit back there, no? Who was the owner when the arena change was made? Was it Rigas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, Weave said: Who was the owner when the arena change was made? Was it Rigas? The Knox brothers were still majority owners when the MMArena was built but Rigas was taking an ever larger share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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