CHRDANHUTCH
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My cousin is a Union College alumni and he told me the college wanted to build a 6500 arena off campus in downtown Schenectady. There was early talks of sharing it with the Albany River Rats at the time. He said last night that if Albany's AHL team ever moves they may play there home games in Albany's arena. A game there this season drew around 8000 he said. He also said games there in the past with Union have usually drawn well over 5000 each time. RFA we are on topic, we are discussing whether AHL in Glens Falls really makes sense. There is really no proof the Glens Falls is a sure sell. Attendance there is bolstered by games down in Philly, Albany despite doing ok this season has had much worse teams. If the Adirondack Civic Center does get a team I am hoping they get local control, create an identity of their own and not be called the Glens Falls or Adirondack Flames. A team there no doubt will have to face competition from the like of Union College, and a team in Albany. Strong selling point is that a team in Albany plays in a very nice building, although my Father who travelled there back in the days to see NCAA basketball said the food is god awful in Albany's arena.
too late, nightsquad, Union College is a non-starter, I agree w/ RFA, NO One cares about a glorified D3 school in the ECAC, You want Union talked about, tell them to go D1, and see how they'll fare against HE, the Big 10 and the WCHA as a legitimate program....
everyone knew the Phantoms were a temporary franchise after the demolition of the Spectrum, and they've stated that since being spun off by Comcast, which none of us foresaw.... you cannot pick and choose what franchise may succeed the Phantoms in GF, AND IF IT IS NAMED the Flames, what's wrong with that, they've tried that in QC and Saint John, were known as the Knights in Omaha and the Heat
CURRENTLY.... Albany and GF have co-existed regardless of which league they've been in, just as Rochester, Binghamton and Syracuse do in the Western Tier.