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Bob Griebel wrote:
> As one who just hates to have to give any credit to The Ohio State
> University, I'm just wondering what people in attendance thought of that
> dumpy rink. Does it vindicate the state of Ohio for the Cincinnati
> experience? The one time I'd been there before, I sat low, off the end
> of the player's bench, and had to keep looking around a half-naked OSU
> student who was determined to capture the camera's attention by acting
> outrageous.
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> This time, from high up in Section 302, I thought the plunging sight
> lines were phenominal. I'd liked the old Reunion Center in Dallas when
> the Stars played there because even sitting with your back to the wall
> in the top row behind the goal you had a great view of the ice, as long
> as you didn't lean too far forward and tumble all the way down. But I
> thought the Schott was far better (other than that they must have bought
> their glass on sale at Value City) and I think it would be a good
> Hockey-L project to steal it and move it to someplace where people like
> hockey for a permanent NCAA championship site, kinda like the Broadmoor
> was for years.
The sight lines were good. The ice was pretty bad, and the seats in the
upper bowl had less leg room than I get on Northwest Airlines. On the
whole, I didn't really like the place.
J. Michael Neal
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