Prospal or take a chance on Mueller?
- Pecafan Fan

Good call, yes.

Guys - H20 has now confirmed that it's off.
- hscesq

back on. thanks QP

At under a million, either of them would be decent.

they could impose there own salary restrictions and be competitive.

MLB will never be capped.
- Fountain-San

i believe 3 of the bottom 5 MLB teams made the playoffs? you can be competitive for sure. winning a WS? not so sure. STL and BOS are up there in salary...

Good call, yes.
- Not_Yan

x2

They should be able to beat Edmonton. Anaheim and especially San Jose will be very difficult.

i feel defeated
- Fountain-San

It's just that if you look at the whole thing, a stadium and a franchise would run close to (if not above) a billion dollars.

there's no way anything that scale gets done in Quebec (or in most places) without any form of government involvement and financing.


everyone is already starting to look pretty silly with this potentially empty rink in QC and they won't touch another project until that is filled if it ever is.

also the government is flat broke, int he midst of a corruption scandal at pretty much all levels involving specifically construction.

I imagine before building any other facilities there would need to be some kind of disposition for the Big O which is not functional and yet would probably have to serve as a temporary home for any franchise for the 15 years it would take to build a enw stadium, after which some type of disposition for it would have to be agreed upon. You can`t even tear the poophole down for less than half a billion which probably means upwards of a billions.

anyone with deep enough pockets has show they are only interested in investing at minimal risk (i.e. state makes the investment and we collect the benefits).

Hockey works in Montreal becasue of its history, soccer does well becasue of immigrants and I'm curious to see how that works out as well as the Als if they go into a 2-3 year deep funk.

They should be able to beat Edmonton. Anaheim and especially San Jose will be very difficult.
- Thehabsfan93

Thanks tips

and eastern Canadians. Lot of Expos fans here as well as red Sox and Yankees.
- BingoLady

They'd probably fill the stands. 70+ times per season!

Good call, yes.
- Not_Yan

Not sure what Mueller problem is, though.

They'd probably fill the stands. 70+ times per season!
- Pecafan Fan

- BingoLady

By curiosity, how many habs games did you attend in Montreal in the last.. 10 years?

By curiosity, how many habs games did you attend in Montreal in the last.. 10 years?
- Pecafan Fan

41 a year

41 a year
- BingoLady

Yeah that's what I thought.

Yeah that's what I thought.
- Pecafan Fan

how about u? 1-2 a year?

Yeah that's what I thought.
- Pecafan Fan

Baseball a bit cheaper, no?

Baseball a bit cheaper, no?
- BingoLady

It's also during the summer = tourist season

It's also during the summer = tourist season
- WaterBoy

yes and easier to take kids and get them into the game.

how about u? 1-2 a year?
- BingoLady

Actually, I no longer buy tickets.

But the habs always sell out anyway.

The expos? Not so much.

Actually, I no longer buy tickets.

But the habs always sell out anyway.

The expos? Not so much.
- Pecafan Fan

well there is 2x amount of games and 3x bigger stadium. Only Red Sox and Maybe Yankess sell out every game and Sox streak ended this season when they were expected to suck.

Actually, I no longer buy tickets.

But the habs always sell out anyway.

The expos? Not so much.
- Pecafan Fan

i really don't think attendance would be an issue in Montreal with an open-air downtown park. i'm not sure anyone does. like dt says, who fronts that kind of cash? gotta build a stadium, buy the team and pay the relocation fee.

what have you done to briere.

i really don't think attendance would be an issue in Montreal with an open-air downtown park. i'm not sure anyone does. like dt says, who fronts that kind of cash? gotta build a stadium, buy the team and pay the relocation fee.
- DoubleDown

Ding ding ding ding !

what have you done to briere.
- -davies-

You sent us damaged goods.

wouldnt mind seeing the Habs go after Shawn Matthias