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by Hambone
Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:12 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Braley wants to buy B.C. Place ......
Replies: 60
Views: 12307

One Pub? c'mon Dale there are 2 pubs near the multiplex ... JJ's and Alfredo's .... Granted Alfredo's is a little further away but it is the closest you could get land to it... I keep forgetting about Alfredos. Whatta dump. At least it was last time I was in there about 10 years ago. Never saw any ...
by Hambone
Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:34 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Braley wants to buy B.C. Place ......
Replies: 60
Views: 12307

It has served its purpose. Time to tear it down and build another one in Surrey, or somewhere less logistically challenged. Huh?!?!?! Move it to Surrey or somewhere less logistically challenged?!?!?! The least logistically challenged location is right where it sits now. Seabus/Skytrain from the Nor...
by Hambone
Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:02 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: BC Lions in Memoriam
Replies: 37
Views: 12325

David wrote:Didn't he and fellow import lineman Bud Magrum run afoul of the law? I seem to recall they got into a brawl in Prince George, tried to cover it up and the club taking a lot of public heat for it.
DH 8)
For some reason I thought it was a pot related incident that got them cut.
by Hambone
Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:49 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Braley wants to buy B.C. Place ......
Replies: 60
Views: 12307

would the lions get the concessions and stuff if he bought BC Place? That would all depend on how the different businesses are structured. In all likelihood they would remain seperate entities on the books. It would all depend on what sort of rental contract Braley's BC Lions Football Club would be...
by Hambone
Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:23 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: realistic BC Place renovations
Replies: 12
Views: 2412

It seems that ever since the roof blew apart everyone is grabbing the pinata stick and taking a whack. The latest is local condo marketing guru Bob Rennie who was the lead story on NEWS1130 this morning weighing in that BC Place should be TORN DOWN after the Olympics. The rationale? Surprise surpri...
by Hambone
Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: CKNW - BC Place stadium roof collapsed
Replies: 258
Views: 44750

About the $700,000 - that was to cover additional traveling expenses that the team had to incur as a result of moving from the West (where we belong) to the East division - no gift there. Hell, I'd be tickled pink if the league moved any other western team to the East and gave them 1.5 million - ju...
by Hambone
Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:21 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: CKNW - BC Place stadium roof collapsed
Replies: 258
Views: 44750

Hey BBBob - I now know where Wpg can get a roof for their "proposed" dome stadium, cheap!! Won't even make a dent in that $700,000 gift from teh league to they got to help make the playoffs. If it can't stand up to a little Pacific coast breeze how will it survive at Portage and Main? ;-)
by Hambone
Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:19 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: CKNW - BC Place stadium roof collapsed
Replies: 258
Views: 44750

Listening to our intrepid reporter JM I gleaned a few things for those who think BC Place is primarily a sports facility and simply removing the roof is a cost effective alternative. Annual rent collected by BC Place Corp - $12.7 million. Methinks the Lions' share is only a portion of the number to ...
by Hambone
Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: CKNW - BC Place stadium roof collapsed
Replies: 258
Views: 44750

Re: CKNW - BC Place stadium roof collapsed

more to come That is a huge blow (little play on words there) for Vancouver period. The Dome is just getting ready for its busy season. With the exception of a couple of days it is booked every day from the 3rd week in January until April 15. Not only could it be a huge economic blow to BC Place Co...
by Hambone
Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:36 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Chris Wilson Signs with Redskins
Replies: 40
Views: 8547

Yes - some other examples in the past - Benefield played for the 49ers for a year - a CFL rush end who was a linebacker but also more a special teams guy down there; Fred Perry made an NFL roster for a bit after having a great year on the Argos D - another quick CFL rush end type. So Wilson could s...
by Hambone
Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:07 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Canadian NFL Fans
Replies: 54
Views: 12204

My other pet peeve is the guy calling a sports talk show from Langley gushing about the NFL and using pet names for American cities like "T-Bay," "Minny," and "Cinci" (Cincinnati). :roll: I'm thinking, like, "dude - why don't you just quit with the fawning and jus...
by Hambone
Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:45 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Crowd noise, golf vs other
Replies: 15
Views: 4037

I'm not a golfer but the closest parallel in team sports to a golfer lining up a putt is a baketball player lining up a free throw. For a player like Steve Nash to shoot 90% from the foul line, with the game often on the line and spectators whistling and waving their arms in his line of sight, is a...
by Hambone
Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:51 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Crowd noise, golf vs other
Replies: 15
Views: 4037

There are huge differences between team sports in an arena or stadium environment like hockey, football, baseball and basketball are played versus individual sports such as golf, tennis and others mentioned. In golf there is little ambient noise. The golfer addressing his shot is concentrating on on...
by Hambone
Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:09 am
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Canadian NFL Fans
Replies: 54
Views: 12204

Back to the original topic of this thread I've been a Colts fans since long before they backed the moving vans up to Memorial Stadium and snuck out of Baltimore under the cover of darkness. Why Colts? I'm not sure. Might have been something as simple as the horseshoe on the helmet given my grandpare...
by Hambone
Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:09 pm
Forum: CFL Football
Topic: Thelwell, Clermont, Kidd are GONE
Replies: 39
Views: 10002

Rumour-mongering. The odds of Thelwell being back have been at best 50/50 for quite some time. He himself acknowledged that well before the Grey Cup and well before the departure of Chapdelaine. Look for him to take Hwy 1 all the way to Ontario as opposed to Hwy 5 towards Edmonton. As for Clermont t...