ECHL Has Seven Of Top 10 Venues In Fan Voting
Published on June 20, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
BOCA RATON, Fla. - For the second season in a row the ECHL was the only
professional hockey league represented in the Top 10 venues as chosen by
fans in the annual Vote4TheBest poll conducted by MLN Sports.
The complete results for best venue as well as the winners for best food
and beverage, best entertainment and best special features can be found at
MLNSportsZone.com,
the oldest digital sports magazine and the longest-publishing minor league
and alternative professional sports publication in the world.
The Premier 'AA' Hockey League had seven of the Top 10 venues led by
Stockton Arena, home of the Stockton Thunder, which finished second behind
repeat winner Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was the second
consecutive year that the ECHL had seven venues in the Top 10.
The Sovereign Center, home of the Reading Royals, was third followed by
Rabobank Arena, the home of the Bakersfield Condors; the Arena at Gwinnett
Center, home of the Gwinnett Gladiators and Germain Arena, home of the
Florida Everblades. Historic Cambria County War Memorial Arena, home of the
Johnstown Chiefs, was ninth and Sullivan Arena, home of the Alaska Aces,
was 10th.
MLN Sports provides coverage of more than 700 professional teams and 38
professional leagues in hockey, baseball, basketball and football through
the magazine at MLNSportsZone.com and the first
national RSS newswire, MLN - The Raw Feed at MLNTheRawFeed.com.
In the 2008 poll the Arena at Gwinnett Center was third while Stockton
Arena finished fifth and Germain Arena was sixth. Rabobank Arena was
seventh in 2008 while the Sovereign Center was eighth and the Orleans
Arena, home of the Las Vegas Wranglers, was 10th.
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