 Critics angry as taxpayers forced to prop up Heat, The Province (BC) |
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 Mar 18 2010, 11:31 AM
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 AHL All Star  Group: Admin Posts: 2,662 Joined: 28-March 05 From: somewhere north of Albany Member No.: 17 Favorite AHL Team: Albany Devils  |
QUOTE Some Abbotsford residents are furious that local taxpayers are being forced to support the Abbotsford Heat professional hockey team. Council approved a deal with the Heat on Monday that will guarantee the team its $5.7-million annual expenses, regardless of fan support, which is 34-per-cent below expectations. The subsidies absolve the team from paying its $200,000 annual rent at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre unless a profit is made. Sixty per cent of any profits will go to the team and just 40 per cent to the city. Read more... -------------------- "There's no practice tomorrow because there's no one left to beat." -- Robbie Ftorek, 26 May 1995
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Mar 18 2010, 02:42 PM
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 AHL All Star Group: Members Posts: 7,874 Joined: 29-March 05 From: Portland, Maine Member No.: 112 Favorite AHL Team: Portland Pirates |
And so it begins........
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Mar 18 2010, 02:57 PM
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 DILLIGAF? Group: Members Posts: 4,526 Joined: 28-March 05 From: www.sharkspage.com Member No.: 76 Favorite AHL Team: Worcester Sharks |
I keep meaning to e-mail Ken King and ask him how the decision to move his AHL affiliate to Omaha instead of the sweetheart deal he was going to get from Worcester worked out...
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Mar 18 2010, 05:19 PM
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Fourth Line Center Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 13-November 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 1,291 Favorite AHL Team: Rochester Americans |
So much for that experiment!
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Mar 18 2010, 05:45 PM
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 Among us, but not one of us Group: Members Posts: 793 Joined: 28-March 05 From: San Diego Member No.: 56 Favorite AHL Team: None/Not Telling |
Everyone who didn't see this coming, raise your hands.... I'm looking over at you, local Abbotsford partners...
Bet that decision to pursue the AHL instead of the ECHL looks REALLY smart now, right? -------------------- |
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Mar 18 2010, 07:54 PM
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 Pre-season, where the good and bad have the same record! Group: Members Posts: 3,338 Joined: 24-March 07 From: South Portland, Maine Member No.: 1,140 Favorite AHL Team: Portland Pirates |
Problems at yet another Calgary Flames affiliate? You don't say?
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Mar 18 2010, 09:38 PM
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 Second Line Winger Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 28-March 05 From: BAK Studios in Endicott NY Member No.: 63 Favorite AHL Team: Binghamton Senators |
Remember folks, this was all apart of the deal before the season even started, that the city was going to pay for some of the teams expenses due to paying for some teams to come out there to pay.
So this is not a shock and was apart of the deal from the beginning. -------------------- PPPShow.net - AHL coverage for the league, the west as much as the east!
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Mar 19 2010, 05:08 AM
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DILLIGAF? Group: Members Posts: 4,526 Joined: 28-March 05 From: www.sharkspage.com Member No.: 76 Favorite AHL Team: Worcester Sharks |
QUOTE (Bob Howard @ Mar 18 2010, 10:38 PM)  Remember folks, this was all apart of the deal before the season even started, that the city was going to pay for some of the teams expenses due to paying for some teams to come out there to pay. So this is not a shock and was apart of the deal from the beginning. "A part" 
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Mar 19 2010, 06:27 AM
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Second Line Winger Group: Members Posts: 571 Joined: 28-March 05 From: BAK Studios in Endicott NY Member No.: 63 Favorite AHL Team: Binghamton Senators |
QUOTE (210 @ Mar 19 2010, 06:08 AM) QUOTE (Bob Howard @ Mar 18 2010, 10:38 PM) Remember folks, this was all apart of the deal before the season even started, that the city was going to pay for some of the teams expenses due to paying for some teams to come out there to pay. So this is not a shock and was apart of the deal from the beginning. "A part" Remember 210, I am a broadcaster not a writer, LOL, plus I was awful in English.
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Mar 19 2010, 07:50 PM
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1st Line Center Group: Members Posts: 874 Joined: 22-March 07 Member No.: 1,138 Favorite AHL Team: Milwaukee Admirals |
Wow, Milwaukee would be glad to have 10% of that money coming in, what a deal! Does this mean that the team will stay for more than the usual two years?
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Mar 20 2010, 06:07 PM
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Among us, but not one of us Group: Members Posts: 793 Joined: 28-March 05 From: San Diego Member No.: 56 Favorite AHL Team: None/Not Telling |
QUOTE (Bob Howard @ Mar 18 2010, 07:38 PM) Remember folks, this was all apart of the deal before the season even started, that the city was going to pay for some of the teams expenses due to paying for some teams to come out there to pay. So this is not a shock and was apart of the deal from the beginning. Everyone reading these boards knew it -- very few of the citizens of Abbotsford realized just how much of a hit it would be taking out of their pocketbooks, however. Now that it's more of a reality, and being better reported, those citizens are becoming aware of just what a boondoggle the AHL and the Fraser Valley "ownership" of the team managed to put them on the hook for. THAT was the point of this article. And yes, it IS a shock for those citizens -- it's not the first time that a voting populace has had to come to terms with things that were "part of the deal from the beginning" only coming to light later, once things turn sour... and it won't be the last. I think they're completely justified in the anger at being sold a bill of goods. -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2010, 01:14 PM
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 You are NOT too young for breast cancer (wife diagnosed at 24) Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Central Maine Member No.: 400 Favorite AHL Team: Portland Pirates |
At least they have lapel pins for sale on their website, more than I can say for those damn Iowa Chops who left an annoying hole in my collection.
I bought one today just in case things get any worse there. (Although I did my part to pitch in) Yes, I know nobody really cares but there's never anything to read in the Heat's forum so there ya go. 
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May 26 2010, 08:44 AM
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You are NOT too young for breast cancer (wife diagnosed at 24) Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 23-April 05 From: Central Maine Member No.: 400 Favorite AHL Team: Portland Pirates |
Well I know it has to cross a border but it seems 2 months is ample time to get this delivered. They haven't even charged my credit card yet nor replied to my e-mail. So please disregard my kind words for this organization until further notice.
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