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From: [email protected] (Jason Hanson)
Subject: Re: NHL team in Milwaukee
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Subject: Re: NHL team in Milwaukee
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Charles Betz {x66442 CF/ENG}) writes:
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>Bradley Center in Milwaukee is home to the Milwaukee Admirals minor leauge
>hockey team. The owner of the Admirals (sorry, I can't remember his name)
>either owns or at least shelled out the majority of the funds to build the
>Bradley Center.
Lloyd Pettit married into Allen-Bradley Corp. (ab.com) family and owns the
Admirals. He donated the Bradley Center and the new Pettit National Ice
Center.
>Supposedly he was approached by the NHL about an expansion franchise, but
>turned it down because he thought the franchise fee of $50 million was too
>high.
This is not the way I have heard it. See, Lloyd (as he is affectionately
referred to by Milwaukeeans and Bob Uecker) bought the Bradley Center *TO* get
the NHL to come here.
>Like I said, I don't know whether this story is true or just a rumor, but if
>it's true, don't look for an NHL team in Milwaukee anytime soon. The Admirals
>aren't going to be forced out of the building and you won't see an NHL club
>and a minor league club in the same building, especially since the NBA's
>Milwaukee Bucks play there as well.
Yeah, the Bucks, the Milwaukee Wave (soccer), the Admirals, the Marquette
Warriors, concerts and a bunch of other things...
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