Comments on: Report: River Rats Sold – Next Stop: Charlotte http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2010/02/08/report-river-rats-sold-next-stop-charlotte/ Making fun of the hockey establishment since 2007. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rats and Saints Fan http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2010/02/08/report-river-rats-sold-next-stop-charlotte/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Rats and Saints Fan Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:20:47 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=612#comment-647 Albany is never going to be sports town. I grew up in Syracuse and no matter what suburb you lived in, you'd tell people you were from Syracuse. In this area, you'd say you are from Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Clifton Park, Colonie, Guilderland, etc. It is much tougher to have a sense of solidarity to support a team when you consider yourself from somewhere else. The highway system was not set up to make it easy for people to get from their town to downtown Albany, either. It might be more miles, but someone in Clifton Park would have an easier time going up to Glens Falls then Albany. The bottom line is that this might be the 35th media market, but market for sports teams is much smaller. Albany is never going to be sports town. I grew up in Syracuse and no matter what suburb you lived in, you’d tell people you were from Syracuse. In this area, you’d say you are from Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Clifton Park, Colonie, Guilderland, etc. It is much tougher to have a sense of solidarity to support a team when you consider yourself from somewhere else.

The highway system was not set up to make it easy for people to get from their town to downtown Albany, either. It might be more miles, but someone in Clifton Park would have an easier time going up to Glens Falls then Albany.

The bottom line is that this might be the 35th media market, but market for sports teams is much smaller.

]]> By: Brian Foley http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2010/02/08/report-river-rats-sold-next-stop-charlotte/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Brian Foley Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:21:37 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=612#comment-644 Didn't Albany also lose a NLL team in the Albany Attack in the late 90's or early 2000's? Didn’t Albany also lose a NLL team in the Albany Attack in the late 90′s or early 2000′s?

]]> By: Cute~Ella http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2010/02/08/report-river-rats-sold-next-stop-charlotte/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Cute~Ella Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:11:01 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/?p=612#comment-642 well said. maybe the former binghamton whalers would like to return to upstate ny? well said.

maybe the former binghamton whalers would like to return to upstate ny?

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