I second the New Orleans Frozen FourŪ application. The new 19,000 downtown
arena will open next year where the ECHL Brass will play. Southwest
Airlines flies in there direct from many traditional hockey towns (read
cheap flights), and we could hold the Hockey-L dinner in the French Quarter.
Quick...someone get hold of the Sugar Bowl Committee or the New Orleans
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Frozen FourŪ in New Orleans: Mardi Gras on Ice!!
-----Original Message-----
From: (Dean C. Vinke) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 11:14 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ANAHIEM--my $0.02
Hello All,
>Erik Biever came up with a great idea -- lets have a
NCAA final in NEW
>ORLEANS. Alabama-Huntsville or Nebraska-Omaha can be
the sponsor. The
reason I
>go to these things are 1) hockey, 2) party, and 3)
people. This way New
>Orleans will have all three.
Actually, that is a great idea! My wife and I lived
for several
years in New Orleans. There is an ECHL team in New Orleans
and Baton Rouge,
and the hockey following is stronger than one might think on
first glance.
And, as mentioned, there would be PLENTY to do on non-game
days. Also, I
don't feel it could be overstated that the benefit of
spreading the game at
the college level around would far outweigh the
inconvenience of the fans
from some of the more distant schools. The recent success
of the NCAA
basketball tournament as a media event shows that this could
work. (When I
was a kid, in the 70's, "March Madness" was NOT the
spectacle that it is
today!!)
Anyway, that's just my opinion, I could be
wrong......
Dean C. Vinke
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