[News] Tampa Bay Lightning: How will Hurricane Milton impact the Amalie Arena?

[MrCallahan]

Originally Posted by Muta

Hey NHL - put them in Yellowknife you cowards

As a born and raised Yellowknifer - I support this decision.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by MrCallahan

As a born and raised Yellowknifer - I support this decision.

Have you SEEN the cost of flying to Yellowknife? Its outrageous!

[Redrum]

"How will Hurricane Milton impact the Amalie Arena?"

It'll set the building on fire.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Yeah the NHL is not going to Quebec.

It will be in the US.

Just based on the number of places as potential temporary homes, propbably, since there are more large cities in the U.S. But I don't think they would mind a Canadian city as a temporary place to play.

Keep in mind that it would likely be for 40 or fewer home games. The priority would be to find an NHL quality ice surface in an arena that has some vacancy and is in a city with decent airport access, and with enough hockey fans to cut some of the financial losses with walk-up sales. The biggest issue with Quebec is that the Remparts also play there, which could make scheduling difficult.

This is probably going to be a non-issue anyway. I suspect the chances that there is enough damage to Tampa's arena to prevent them from playing there this season, are low. They may reschedule a few games if they have to is my guess.

[metroneck]

I don’t think this is a ‘Saddledome’ scenario, as local/ state building codes do are quite strict for storm surge zones and hurricanes.

While the storm surge may travel up the bay and river it sits on, it is on higher ground, with some ‘natural’ barriers in front.

I think their ability to play is less about the arena, but more about the surrounding area, local infrastructure, and people’s homes.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by MrCallahan

As a born and raised Yellowknifer - I support this decision.

The Yellowknife Sabres has a better ring to it.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The Yellowknife Sabres has a better ring to it.

Oh no, no!! We can do better than that!

"The Yellowknife Yellow Knives!"

"The Golden Panners!"

"The Yellowknife Grizzlies!"

"The Northern Norsemen!"

I can do this all day.

[Locke]

And the logo could be an old-timey angry Prospector with a hockey stick!

Oh....this writes itself!

[manwiches]

They fixed the Dome in ~2 weeks after the flood.

Whenever the hurricane is done, I'm betting it will be pretty quick work to get it back to working order. They'll sell it as a rallying point for the city too.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by manwiches

They fixed the Dome in ~2 weeks after the flood.

Whenever the hurricane is done, I'm betting it will be pretty quick work to get it back to working order. They'll sell it as a rallying point for the city too.

It was closer to 3 months. The flood was in June and I believe the first event at the Dome after the flood was the Eagles concert in early September.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Locke

Oh no, no!! We can do better than that!

"The Yellowknife Yellow Knives!"

"The Golden Panners!"

"The Yellowknife Grizzlies!"

"The Northern Norsemen!"

I can do this all day.

Yellowknife Interim HC.

[belsarius]

Originally Posted by Locke

Oh no, no!! We can do better than that!

"The Yellowknife Yellow Knives!"

"The Golden Panners!"

"The Yellowknife Grizzlies!"

"The Northern Norsemen!"

I can do this all day.

What about the Yellowknife Eskimos.. that'll really piss off those Edmonton Elk fans..

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

The priority would be to find an NHL quality ice surface in an arena that has some vacancy and is in a city with decent airport access, and with enough hockey fans to cut some of the financial losses with walk-up sales.

All teams use charters, so commercial access doesn't really matter. Someone mentioned MCO earlier, I think it will either be there, JAX, SAV, or a combination of all three to work around the ECHL.

But hopefully we are speculating about something that doesn't materialize.

[manwiches]

Originally Posted by getbak

It was closer to 3 months. The flood was in June and I believe the first event at the Dome after the flood was the Eagles concert in early September.

Oh gotcha. I probably mistook that for getting Stampede ready in 2 weeks.

Either way, I'm still willing to bet they put siginficant resources to getting it restored for game shape.

[KelVarnsen]

If Tropicana Field survives without damage they can return home

[Finger Cookin]

They can go play in Davos.

[Jiggy]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Just based on the number of places as potential temporary homes, propbably, since there are more large cities in the U.S. But I don't think they would mind a Canadian city as a temporary place to play.

Keep in mind that it would likely be for 40 or fewer home games. The priority would be to find an NHL quality ice surface in an arena that has some vacancy and is in a city with decent airport access, and with enough hockey fans to cut some of the financial losses with walk-up sales. The biggest issue with Quebec is that the Remparts also play there, which could make scheduling difficult.

This is probably going to be a non-issue anyway. I suspect the chances that there is enough damage to Tampa's arena to prevent them from playing there this season, are low. They may reschedule a few games if they have to is my guess.

The players would not want to play in Canada, let alone Quebec of all places. Especially the ones with families.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Jiggy

The players would not want to play in Canada, let alone Quebec of all places. Especially the ones with families.

Is Quebec anti-family?

[Meers]

Edmonton could use a real hockey team for part of the season.

[Flames1217]

Quebec city makes some sense for a few games if they needed it.

It would also mean I would be able to attend some NHL games which would be great hahaha