Board votes to demolish Civic Arena

h/t PuckDaddy... According to Wysh, Jean-Claude Van Damme will weep, but his tears will be overshadowed by many Caps' fans cheers of joy as this Caps House of Horrors is scheduled to disappear from the face of the Earth...

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Wysh nailed it. As a Caps fan living in Pittsburgh for 20 years now, I can’t wait to see the dome fall.

by S h a g g y on Sep 17, 2010 12:19 PM EDT reply actions

You have to wonder if they might ask J-C VanDamme to push the plunger to implode the place. I think it’d be really cool if Ted could do it (offer to make a donation ot one of Mario’s charities..)

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 17, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Ted Leonsis has a better chance of walking on the moon.

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by Hooks Orpik on Sep 17, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, I don’t know. If he offered a few tens of thousands of dollars to one of Mario’s many charitable efforts, they might let him.

Personally though, my best guess is it would be Van Damme. Maybe do it as part of the pregame ceremony for the Winter Classic?

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 17, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m sure you want to remember all the good times had at the Igloo on your future trips to Pittsburgh, so be sure to join the facebook group to support the Igloo memorial inside Consol Energy Center.

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by PensAreYourDaddy on Sep 18, 2010 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Heh… not for me, sorry.

Maybe Jean Claude will join…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 18, 2010 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Why would we want to go to Pittsburgh? I’ve been there a couple times before, and have no desire to go back again – except for the Winter Classic.

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by timmyv38 on Sep 18, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Pittsburgh isn’t a bad place. Lots of good places to eat, for a big city it’s relatively quiet (other than Steeler game days), and their baseball stadium is as beautiful as their team is bad (the Pirates stink for real….)

The main reasons I’ve been to Pitt was to see Caps-Pens games…

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by MikeL-Pivonka on Sep 20, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve been there and haven’t been impressed at all. Part of it is just that I don’t like cities (which is why I don’t go into DC except to go to Caps games) and part is just that there wasn’t much there that I can’t get elsewhere from an area I enjoy more.

Never underrate the power of the hissy-cow.

by timmyv38 on Sep 20, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions