Dear fans of the Carolina Hurricanes,
According
to Gary Bettman and his lapdog Peter Karmanos Jr, The Carolina Hurricanes will
NOT be relocating. Karmanos has stated that he would be willing to sell the
team if they stayed in Raleigh. Sorry Canes fans, but I'm here to warn you that
this is a crock of shit. This is coming from a man who did everything he could
to justify ripping a beloved team from its rightful home. In 1994 when he
purchased the Whalers he promised they would remain in Hartford for the next
four years, but after just two seasons, he'd changed his mind. If the
Whalers were unable to sell at least 11,000 season tickets for the 96-97 season,
he would move the team. Understandable. Hockey, like all sports, is a business.
11,000 season tickets in a small market like Hartford is...nuts, but doable. But
Good Ol' Pete didn't stop there! Instead of giving people incentive to buy
season tickets...Ownership eliminated the very popular six, ten, and twenty
game packs and raised prices for tickets as much as twenty percent while also
raising the deposit amount on season tickets by OVER SEVENHUNDRED AND FIFTY
PERCENT. On top of that, at the very last second, Pete decided he needed an
additional forty-five million in taxpayer dollars to cover "losses"
while the proposed new arena was built. Do you see where I'm going with this? Do
I need to keep going? Eh, why not.
He'd already
made plans to relocate before he'd even had a place to relocate to. Your team
is owned by a man who is about as trustable as a fart after Taco Bell and it's
future is in his hands. As much as I would truly love to see Pete's
"Legacy" destroyed and the team moved to Quebec or elsewhere, I hope
for the sake of the TRUE hockey fans in Carolina, that he's telling the truth
and they do stay. Although I never got to see them play, I will always remember
the devastation I felt when the Whalers left. The promise that when I was older,
I'd get to see them play still sticks with me. Keep the faith, and continue to
support the team that you love.
Sincerely,
The alienated
fans of the Hartford Whalers.
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