South Florida: You do have hockey here, right?
by Donny Rivette on Dec 27, 2009 1:04 PM EST
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Once more...who plays in this barn?
The only sign that I have seen that the Panthers actually exist is a billboard on I-95 near my hotel. We took our kids to Sawgrass [Mills] Mall yesterday afternoon and despite the fact the arena is "around the corner" we saw no evidence of a team. I went into 2-3 sports stores and found no Panther items for sale.
I have commented previously that even the TyrannoVision electronic marquee outside the BankAtlantic Center (on the Sawgrass Expressway, not the one referred to in the post) has not a single fixed graphic of any team being housed within. Bad move. How in the name of Huizenga was that possibly overlooked, or worse, deleted?
Are we Panthers fans simply blinded to, and more importantly don't care - what media from established hockey markets keep ramming down our collective throat: the Cats have no obvious first-glance visual representation in the area, so they must contribute nothing to a region which displays no interest?
I'll be the first to jump all over local television and radio sports "coverage": it is indeed nonexistent, but quick on the draw when a player's throat is slashed or your goalie becomes a victim of fratricide. Only in such cases are the Panthers deemed relevant for consumption by South Floridians.
Chicken-and-Egg syndrome?
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Disturbing to say the least!
Couldn’t agree more. The arena signage should focus on The Florida Panthers, not the lotto, or god forbid Bon Jovi.
Big games this week, Boston, Montreal and Pittsburgh.
Want to fill the seats? Advertise!
Last I looked we were in a playoff race. I’m tired of going to games in a half filled arena!
Yep. Rumors of it anyway. A commercial was seen between periods, and stoppages of play and during all powerplays and penalty kills.
Or maybe that was Dane Cook?!
by The Rat Trick on Dec 27, 2009 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
Ah yes...
The “Canadian Mocking Lack of Interest In Hockey in South Florida” meme. I feel like I’ve read this before.
A couple of points:
1) He had trouble finding hockey news in South Florida? They have this thing called the Internet which apparently lets you access news from anywhere. Barring that, there’s still a page of NHL box scores in the Herald/Sentinel.
2) B.S. on not being able to find Panthers merchandise in “sports” stores. There may not be a full wall of it, but it’s there.
3) I’m disturbed that the writer of that article mentions he has kids, because people that stupid really shouldn’t be reproducing.
mmmm Heiniken.
For every woman masturbating right now, there is a guy masturbating while imagining that woman masturbate.
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