My friends and I have been discussing at length our predictions for the NHL’s return to North Station. It’s obviously been an incredible year for sports in this city. Will Hockey return with a slapshot, or be overshadowed by home runs and field goals? Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is beyond optimistic: "We are looking at increased interest in Boston over what we had historically and we should surpass where we were two years ago in attendance.” Does that mean I’ll no longer be able to buy $30 nosebleeds and then sneak down to the club section? Only time will tell.
The general concensus here at GoonBlog is along the same lines. Although Boston’s other pro sports teams dominated in 2004, and hockey has been off the radar for many moons, there’s still a fanatical Bruins fanbase here that you’d need a simultaneous anthrax/radiation scare to keep away from the rink. And even that is a big ‘maybe’. Interest is going to surpass that of 2003 by leaps and bounds, and the team’s chances are looking up every day. I want to live in a hockey town again!
Dave,
I bet opening night against the Habs will sell out, and assorted nights throughout the year, i.e. the Penguins, and Flyers, but I do not think getting cheapies and moving down will be a problem.
I’d like to add a question to Dave’s – will anyone actually start referring to it as the Garden again?
I always called it the Garden.