>It seems to me that there will be much fewer choices for between game
>dining as near to the Pond in Anaheim as there was in the area near the
>Fleet Center.  Isn't the Pond just surrounded by a big parking lot ?
 
        Depends how you feel about having the HOCKEY-L banquet at a
Carl's Jr. :-) Seriously, from my half-dozen or so trips to the
Katella/I-5 section of Anaheim, I don't recall any good banquet sites.
But maybe Scott Q or Margie can suggest something.  (Perhaps at one of
the hotels?)
 
>What can we HOCKEY-L'ers look forward to between games next year ?  What is
>in the area near that stadium ?
 
        Disneyland!  (There's a really cool restaurant inside Pirates
of the Caribbean, although a HOCKEY-L dinner would probably be too
large and noisy to hold there, even if we could get in and out in time
for the late game.)  I wonder if they'll offer discount admission for
Frozen Four ticketholders.  Both times I went I got a discount for
showing a driver's license with a Southern California address, but the
only one I still have expired a couple of years ago.
 
[on NBA/NHL banners]
 
>Needless to say, such will NOT be an issue at the Pond in Anaheim, unless
>the worst happens and Paul Kariya has to retire from hockey due to the
>concussions.
 
        Actually, I thought there were some Clippers banners there,
but I may be mistaken.  It would be really cool if they made up a
banner for Maine winning the 1995 Great Western Freeze-Out (D1
hockey's only other appearance at the Pond, and in fact my only time
inside the building).
 
>Finally, would those who joined me for the Friday brewpub tour please
>e-mail me privately, about a similar tour in LA next year.
 
        Unfortunately, I don't believe there's such a thing as a pub
crawl in LA, since driving is the only practical means of
transportation in most of the megalopolis.
 
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
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