Pounder
04-01-2004, 10:12 AM
Life is rich.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203~28557~2054505,00.html
They don't know who's going to pay for the arena (the city of Ontario, last I heard, was saying the proposal was dead, or at least near dead), but they're going to announce the team.
Barry Kemp attended this, which makes it very interesting. I wonder if the ABA team is vaporware in order to get the arena built, then Kemp moves his hockey team in.
Thing is, at least according to rumor, an ECHL team going into Bloomington IL is supposed to be the "moved" rights to the Ontario franchise. If the arena somehow comes off, will this be the destination of the team targeted for Ontario, or the Long Beach Ice Dogs? Will the ABA be alive at that point?
Too bad that most sports journalists tend to forget the "journalist" part of their work.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/Stories/0,1413,203~28557~2054505,00.html
They don't know who's going to pay for the arena (the city of Ontario, last I heard, was saying the proposal was dead, or at least near dead), but they're going to announce the team.
Barry Kemp attended this, which makes it very interesting. I wonder if the ABA team is vaporware in order to get the arena built, then Kemp moves his hockey team in.
Thing is, at least according to rumor, an ECHL team going into Bloomington IL is supposed to be the "moved" rights to the Ontario franchise. If the arena somehow comes off, will this be the destination of the team targeted for Ontario, or the Long Beach Ice Dogs? Will the ABA be alive at that point?
Too bad that most sports journalists tend to forget the "journalist" part of their work.