MeanGene
06-10-2003, 12:28 PM
Saw this in FanHome
Hartford is looking for a team! :D
"Mario Lemieux, the Pittsburgh Penguins' owner and star, was pessimistic Thursday about the team's future in the city if it can't secure financial backing for a new $270 million arena.
Lemieux said he feels "betrayed" by the lack of support city and county leaders have given efforts to build an arena to replace 42-year-old Mellon Arena -- the oldest and second-smallest venue in the National Hockey League.
Raising the specter of the team leaving Pittsburgh, he said the targeted 2006 opening for a new arena is "pretty much gone unless something happens in the next 30 to 60 days."
"This franchise is a free agent in 2007. I hope they understand that," Lemieux said. The Penguins lease at Mellon Arena will have expired by that time."
Hartford is looking for a team! :D
"Mario Lemieux, the Pittsburgh Penguins' owner and star, was pessimistic Thursday about the team's future in the city if it can't secure financial backing for a new $270 million arena.
Lemieux said he feels "betrayed" by the lack of support city and county leaders have given efforts to build an arena to replace 42-year-old Mellon Arena -- the oldest and second-smallest venue in the National Hockey League.
Raising the specter of the team leaving Pittsburgh, he said the targeted 2006 opening for a new arena is "pretty much gone unless something happens in the next 30 to 60 days."
"This franchise is a free agent in 2007. I hope they understand that," Lemieux said. The Penguins lease at Mellon Arena will have expired by that time."