Do you think that the Pittsburgh Penguins will stay in Pittsburgh or move elsewhere?

Answer 1

It doesnt look good for the fans of the penguins at the moment but consider that the Steelers and Pirates both had to get to the threshold of leaving to get the attention of the city leaders. Both got what they asked for, but doesnt it make you wonder what kind of leadership they have in the city when they could have gotten a deal done without hitting up the citizens with another tax hike. They will stay and the taxpayers will be the financiers of yet another stadium....you keep your penguins but you get a bigger tax bill and higher ticket prices (how are they going to pay for all the perks if the fans cant pay more for tickets).

Answer 2

Well Mario's comments were made to put the heat on city officials. I think his comments were mistimed since city officials seem to finally be taking him seriously when they were talking about Plan B even before "we knew" who would win the slots license. However, it's not unprecedented because the Pittsburgh Pirates hockey franchise left Pittsburgh in the late 20's becaues of the lack of a new facility and then later folded in Philly because of the same reason (waiting for the arena in Pittsburgh). Now it was a different financial time back then but the thing that's the same is that they weren't financially solvent without a new facility and that's what situation Mario and his investors believe they are in. The long and the short of it is that it's a real shame that the Isle of Capri didn't get the slots license and the biggest part of that shame is that a really hurting part of the city was going to get $700,000 poured into it's redevelopment but for some reason the Gaming Board didn't care about that.

Answer 3

I think that Lemieux is using the Penguins moving as leverage to keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh. The city officials and the NHL know how important the Penguins are in terms of the market quality: they have consistent ticket sales, they have one of the largest fan bases in the NHL and the television ratings are among the highest of the NHL teams. I believe that they'll reach a conclusion that will keep them in Pittsburgh because it will be best for all involved. If not, Pittsburghers will trash the new casino.

Answer 4

They'll Move to Kansas City, Pittsburgh Refuses to put up a New Facility for the Pens.

Answer 5

If the Penguins should move what city they should move to should thank the idiots on the Pa gaming board for turning down the Isle of Capri.
State and local politicians also showed what idiots they are for not giving the Isle of Capri their support.
The State and local politicians are real failures for not supporting something that would have been tax free.
I hope somehow someway for the hockey fans of Western Pa the Penguins will stay.

Answer 6

I just think its funny that city councils and politicians will howl at the moon that tax dollars shouldn't be used to build new arena's. Pittsburgh gets a golden ticket, a private company that would fund most of a new stadium AND THEY TURN THEM DOWN!!! I live in Seattle we're going through the same thing with the NBA Sonics, they'll be moving too!

But to answer your question, they will most likely move without a new stadium deal.

Answer 7

I think that they will end up moving the team. the only group that was willing to pay out of their own pockets to build a new arena were not allowed a gaming licences and everyone else who wants to buy want the gov't to pay to build a new arena (which the gov't does not want to do). So it looks like the only option is to move the team. I just hope that with all the young talent that the team has they don't end up in a city that would not appreciate the team.

Answer 8

i don't want them to leave cause they've been there for 40 years, but if they do it would be nice to put another hockey team in Canada perhaps Winnipeg and I'm not even a Pens fan but i hope Lemieux finds something, cause Bettman will jump on the opportunity to move the team to either Kansas City or Houston the two most talked about city's to get the Pens and Winnipeg is up there to. those are the 3 top city's that are bidding for the Pens.


GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 9

It stinks about the arena deal. Other than in this area, nobody was really considering Kitchener/Waterloo. We have close to 500,000 people in the tri-cities and London and Hamilton to draw on. It will sell here in this area if Jim(RIM co-founder) is brought back into the deal. I know of many who would even consider refinancing to get season tickets. Even Leaf fans. Have you ever tried to get some Leaf tickets?

Answer 10

i'd positioned it at ninety/10. ninety% that they stay. do not trust what you study, that's basically element of the negotiation procedure. e.g. The Pens record to the media that they are scouting different cities to positioned the pressure on the authorities (Rendell) to pony up extra money. i'd be VERY very much very much surprised in the experience that they ended up shifting.