Ducks vs. Kings.
Is it a regular season game?
Whats the point?
2007-09-30 07:06:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
The Owner of the Los Angeles Kings Philip F. Anschutz (also owns the rights to produce 6 Narnia movies, Regal Cinemas, the Los Angeles Lakers, ans 7 major league soccer franchises) Owns the O2 Dome (formerly known as the Millenium Dome)
It was merely a marketting campaign to promote the NHL in Europe as it is in the brainstorming process of expanding overseas. Also with Philip F. Anschutz being the 31st most powerful man in the world worth 7.8 Billion Dollars, he basically told Gary Bettman what to do.
They we're in fact regular seasons games. The Ducks we're not too pleased about their schedule. Doesn't make sense to send the furthest team away from England...to England.
2007-09-30 18:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The owner of the Kings approached the owners last November with the idea..................the owners voted 30-0 in favour. The idea was born. Unfortunately, nobody told the players.
THis is something the lague has talked about doing since the late 1960s. Clarence Campbell wanted to start a season in Europe, the owners agreed, but the NHLPA vetoed the idea.
John Ziegler had an arrangment in 1983 to have St. Louis and Edmonton start the season, but in June of 1983 the Blues went up for sale and their status was in doubt (the late BC millionaire Bill Hunter tried to buy the team and move it to Saskatoon but didn't have the money in the end because his creditors wouldn't lend him the money). That scrapped that idea.
In 1997, it finally happened, but in Japan of all places (part of the festivities leading up to NHL participation in Nagano).
2007-10-01 05:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes its a regular season game.
Money
I heard that the owner of the Kings (I'm pretty sure it was the Kings not the Ducks) opened a new arena(the O2, which is where they were playing) in London so inorder to get publicity for both his new arena and the Kings he talked Bettman into holding the season openner there and making a big deal out of it.
2007-09-30 12:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by Brent H 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is a regular season game, and I think it is to "expand" the game, like NFL is trying by playing outside the US. Doesn't make much sense but easier to watch then those games in Japan.
2007-09-30 07:12:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is a regular season game.
The 07-08 NHL season is being opened in England (london)
This is Bettman's idea (figures...) to change things up.
2007-09-30 07:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by |Flames| |Fan| 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i think it has to do with the potential european expansion of the nhl.
there's a huge market in europe for the nhl. Buttman sees dollar signs.
i think he wanted to test its popularity, and guess what, 2 sold out games! could you imagine the flights from vancouver to go play a game in europe? blarg!
2007-09-30 08:09:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The King's owner owns the venue in London and he wanted to liven things up there-it's as simple as that.
2007-09-30 11:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why is there an NHL game being played ANYWHERE?
2007-09-30 07:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by silverblack12345 5 · 0⤊ 11⤋