Don't get excited. No, it's not 'talk like a pirate day'. But the Portland Pirates, our American Hockey League team, are back in town. After a brief hiatus last season up the Maine Turnpike to Lewiston, the pissing match is apparently over between the Cumberland County Civic Center (CCCC) trustees and the owners of the team. The hissy fits on both sides have been soothed-over. What a waste of a season! If you follow hockey in this city, you knew it would end this way, with both sides worse for wear. Both the team and the trustees came out losers in my eyes. Both have work to do to repair the damage and their images. The Pirates already have stepped in the mud, by increasing some of their ticket prices. Oh well, maybe this newly designed lighthouse, outside of the renovated arena, can shine a light into some dark recesses of the CCCC.
One Way is not always the best way.
Hopefully, they won't drop the puck... this time.
The males in our family are hockey fans, I am not in the least bit interested. Football and soccer are my sports. Ticket prices are ridiculously high in any sport.
ReplyDeleteLike the musical notes in the light beam, but am not sure about quadrilaterals on the other side. A little weird. I don't really like it.
ReplyDeleteKnow nothing about whatever it is your talking about - and I've given up on all professional sports. I agree with Elenka about the mural. I find it confusing and not the least attractive. But I'll wish y'all a great weekend!
ReplyDeletecool mural.
ReplyDeleteThat lighthouse mural is fabulous. Hopefully it brightens things up.
ReplyDeleteA visually striking mural. Sounds like all sides in this dispute need a smack upside the head.
ReplyDeleteThe fans always pay after these disputes!
ReplyDeleteWould people drive the 25 or 30 miles to Lewiston in winter to see a game?
ReplyDeleteI was at a legal conference in Indianapolis last week. The AAA team ballpark was next to the hotel. Box seats are $16. At Busch Stadium in STL they are high two figures to way into three figures. Count your blessings.
Love the mural.
ReplyDeleteElenka is a woman of discerning tastes. I don't like the lighthouse mural either.
ReplyDeleteI am bummed out that the Bruins are out of the Cup race. Bummer. And don't get me started about the no hit, no field Sox.