tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post8162930739618431020..comments2024-03-28T10:18:30.801-04:00Comments on MOLOVINSKY ON ALLENTOWN: Spanking The Allentown Arena Promotermichael molovinskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-20997651037220306062015-07-30T21:22:19.530-04:002015-07-30T21:22:19.530-04:00The arena was the Trojan Horse project. Reilly fol...The arena was the Trojan Horse project. Reilly followed its vacuum in complete secrecy. No one outside a select few even knew what was going on. Certainly not the property owners who sold to a straw buyer for a fraction of their post-NIZ announcement values. Somebody got screwed. It was the best kept secret for a long time. A testament to a very well coordinated plan. The result is private development funded almost entirely with public dollars. We all got screwed. BTW, any net new jobs yet?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-63186785518698901912015-07-30T17:29:24.408-04:002015-07-30T17:29:24.408-04:00banker@3:18, it's my take that if reilly attr...banker@3:18, it's my take that if reilly attracts some large offices, with state income tax from enough workers, his debt service is covered. i feel that the arena itself was a public aspect pretext, to justify the reilly office city. when one thinks back to the puff and fluff about how many arena workers would be hired, nothing was said about only 20 nights a year.michael molovinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581039755319742687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-40968194826167030152015-07-30T15:18:26.246-04:002015-07-30T15:18:26.246-04:00The pro-arena crowd insulted everyone with event f...The pro-arena crowd insulted everyone with event forecasts. On the other hand, Global Spectrum forecast 12-20 concerts per year.<br /><br />http://articles.mcall.com/2014-01-30/news/mc-allentown-arena-manager-20140130_1_city-center-investment-corp-lehigh-valley-phantoms-comcast-spectacor<br /><br />Now you have to add wrestling and rodeos, but anyone even remotely observant would see that it's performing exactly as the professionals thought it would, and it's a dramatic drop from what we were told by the Elites would happen. But they made their money.<br /><br />The BankerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-67522851641180652892015-07-30T12:27:56.224-04:002015-07-30T12:27:56.224-04:00Dreaming and Jamie -
And we had midget car racin...Dreaming and Jamie - <br /><br />And we had midget car racing at Dorney Park.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-36714078087274558922015-07-30T10:49:39.912-04:002015-07-30T10:49:39.912-04:00Other than hockey, there is nothing that has been...Other than hockey, there is nothing that has been presented at the arena on Hamilton Street that we didn't have in Allentown before.<br /><br />We had pro wresting at the Little Palestrina<br />We had rock concerts at Muhlenburg College and at Ag Hall in the Fairgrounds.<br /><br />So much ado over nothing.Jamie Keltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-782590595815760712015-07-30T09:49:48.837-04:002015-07-30T09:49:48.837-04:00The real outrage, the real insult is the way the P...The real outrage, the real insult is the way the Pro-Arena People assured us that the magnificent Pawlowski Palace of Sport would be used for far more than just minor league ice hockey.<br /><br />Whatever happened to all the Cheerleaders anyway? Never seem to hear so much from that crowd anymore. The luxurious $ 177.1 million dollar hockey rink just sits there empty day after day after day. <br /><br />The least the Cheerleaders could do is give us a passionate song and dance, just like they used to.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-28249725275685699902015-07-30T07:52:34.135-04:002015-07-30T07:52:34.135-04:00The whole deal is thin.
I'd courage readers t...The whole deal is thin.<br />I'd courage readers to visit and see for themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-951782330457966647.post-52201205415675107062015-07-30T07:45:40.743-04:002015-07-30T07:45:40.743-04:00Since you asked...the term "midget" is c...Since you asked...the term "midget" is considered very insulting to Little People, who regard it as a slur. <br /><br />The spanking photo would have been hilarious, except for the connection to the term "midget". <br /><br />The concept of "midget car racing" is not at all new; the United States Auto Club sanctions and governs midget car races, and Honda sponsors the very popular National Midget Championship. It is a cool kind of pseudo-sport (I am not a race fan btw) that seems to have a regional following in the East, including races held in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. Pennsylvania does have a "racing history" but this is nothing like Andretti's racing. This is not the sort of event that the Uber-Arena promoters put forth initially, but with the concerts being cancelled and the long stretches of empty calendar ahead, what can the arena do but accept any and all comers? The race teams will have to occupy nearby hotels due to sheer logistics. Race crowds are not usually the type who drop $50 a meal at tony restaurants. For those kinds of crowds, you need to draw large dog shows like Westminster, A-level entertainers, etc. Good luck to them. DreamingOfJusticenoreply@blogger.com