Re: Idea for an Onion Article

"Dr. Winston O'Boogie" <quarrymen4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> 
> I know where you're coming from with this. As a hockey town, Tampa Bay
> would never be first in anyone's mind. attendance at Lightning games
> is unbelievable, a few  seasons ago they set an attendance mark for a
> playoff game, with something like 27,000 people. Granted they used to
> play at the Thunder Dome in St. Petersburg, now known as Tropicana
> field, where the Tampa Bay D-Rays play. The have done quite well at
> the St.Pete Times Forum, which strangely enough is located in downtown
> Tampa. 


And I remember discussing this with Tampa fans during the Cup run too.  
Hell, I have talked about it with Carolina fans too.  Tampa has done a
good 
job the last couple of years, and it looks like hockey has taken hold 
there...but in terms of attendance they were middle of the pack or below 
before the Cup win.

Don't even get me started about Carolina as an NHL town.  ;)