talkinaway
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Looking forward to this - always wanted to catch a practice. The new facility's much closer to me, and makes it more likely that I'll get off my lazy butt and go one day. I much, much, much prefer my ticket money to go to this rather than to the Garden "improvements". The boys shouldn't have to drive 25 minutes to get to their practice arena. Besides, I don't need a bigger pro shop, giant HD screens in the concourse, or for the Garden to ruin two of my favorite foods - meatballs and cannoli.
The one thing I wonder about this renovation is if it will alleviate the "security" concerns about autographs after practice. Doubt it - I get that the players don't want to spend an hour after every damn practice in an impromptu autograph session. And I get that they don't want to sign 20 items over the course of a season for 30-something-year-olds who look like they might be selling stuff on eBay. But, dammit, I'm a 30-something-year-old fan, and while I do use eBay, if I get my Chara jersey autographed, you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands. (Or, rather, take it off of my cold, dead body while I'm in the casket.) Tossing a $20 Bs cap with an autograph in would be cool for my family's White Elephant/Yankee Swap, too. But at $80-$100 for a Chara autograph in a public signing, meh. The eBayers ruin it for everyone.
The one thing I wonder about this renovation is if it will alleviate the "security" concerns about autographs after practice. Doubt it - I get that the players don't want to spend an hour after every damn practice in an impromptu autograph session. And I get that they don't want to sign 20 items over the course of a season for 30-something-year-olds who look like they might be selling stuff on eBay. But, dammit, I'm a 30-something-year-old fan, and while I do use eBay, if I get my Chara jersey autographed, you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands. (Or, rather, take it off of my cold, dead body while I'm in the casket.) Tossing a $20 Bs cap with an autograph in would be cool for my family's White Elephant/Yankee Swap, too. But at $80-$100 for a Chara autograph in a public signing, meh. The eBayers ruin it for everyone.