Hate to disagree with you but Bangor is a MUCH more hospitable city than
Portland. I understand your reasoning. Portland is more accessable and
that's a BIG plus. But Bangor's better.

Dan Doucette wrote:

>Today's Press Herald has an interesting story on a possible replacement for
>the Cumberland County Civic Center.  Link is:
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>http://www.pressherald.com/news/local/030522civic.shtml
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>Suppose the extra tax might also fund the Bangor complex I mentioned in an
>earlier post this week ?
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>How could Maine support two new venues of roughly the same size ?
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>As to a potential regional hockey bid, would not Portland be a better fit
>for travelers than Bangor, and why only 8,500 seats instead of trying to
>match the 10,019 capacity of the Verizon in Manchester ?
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>I would rather pay my Dos Amigos mexican food tax for the extra seating
>capacity (and expense) in Portland than in Bangor, especially if one goal
>was to secure several NC$$ bids.  Incrementally, the cost of the extra
>1,500 seats or so is not so large as the cost of building the
>infrastructure in the first place.
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>Please don't compare the East with the West either...Maine's competition
>for one of the two East regionals in hockey is now at the level of arenas
>whose capacities are ALL over 10,000 seats.  It's seat inflation, much like
>for the Frozen Four, which will never travel to smaller venues the likes of
>Lake Placid (or even Providence) any more.  NC$$ Squeakball finals are only
>in domes now, for that matter.
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>I do NOT enjoy the prospect of Maine being sent to a regional in
>Manchester, nor the advantage conferred upon of U of No Hardware being host
>to anyone else there next year (but why not let them win a regional, they
>can't do much when they reach the Last Four under Umile...)
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>Dan Doucette (one of the thirty percent)
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