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Originally Posted by valo403
Wait, where did I tell you that? Nassau Colliseum is a dump, it is anything but NHL quality, and if the Isles don't get a new building they will be moving. How you came to the conclusion that I think it's NHL quality is baffling.
You somehow seem to think that the presence of an NBA team in a building makes it NBA quality. Does that mean that Alaska Airlines Arena becomes NBA quality if the Kings play a couple of seasons there? Would the Olympia be NHL quality today if the Wings still played in it? I mean after all, an NHL team played in it for decades.
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You didn't tell me anything. It's a figure of speech, my friend....(oops did it again).
Anyway, I apologize if it you took it as putting words in your mouth.
My point is there are several facilities in both leagues that are far from ideal yet it works well enough for leagues to endorse play, the fans to show up and the owners make money year after year like Nassau or Key did in the NBA. Key was good enough until Bennett arbitrarily said it wasn't with league support. Were cement blocks falling on people or people going outside to take a whiz because of the poor facilities inside or was it more a question of not enough luxury boxes to maximize revenue or taxpayer based concessions to mitigate cost outlays? Did it need to be replaced or remodeled to bring it up to current NBA/NHL league standards? Sure it does/did.
And yes, if Stern lets the Kings play at Key Arena, it implies that the facility must meet league standards at least at a minimum level which it didn't 4 years ago. It makes you wonder how Stern lets the other league he is commissioner of, you know the WNBA's Storm, play at an inadequate facility like Key? I haven't heard they're moving to a new facility based on quality of facility.
How could the PAC 12 and NCAA Division I allow team like WAZZU and Gongaza play basketball games at the "too good for the NBA" Key year after year or host NCAA Tournaments at the Key? What is so different I wonder?
Arbitrary, my friend, complete and utter arbitrariness related more to stiffing the taxpayer and government for good old corporate welfare. The proverbial free lunch.