CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The puck is now officially in the Connecticut legislature’s corner. Last week, during his State-of-the-State address, Governor Ned Lamont officially requested that the State Legislature grant him a…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER FUTURE FRONT AND CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The proverbial puck is in the state’s corner. The XL Center last week officially placed the XL Center in Ned Lamont’s bonding package for $27.5M per year ($55 million total) over the next two…
CANTLON: (TU) PACK END 2019 WITH WIN OVER SOUND TIGERS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack ended 2019 by holding off a late surge from the visiting Bridgeport Sound Tigers to edge out their in-state and division rivals 3-2 at the XL Center before a crows of 2,617. The…
CANTLON’S CORNER: ***EXCLUSIVE*** WOLF PACK RENEW – WILL STAY IN HARTFORD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – AHL hockey will remain in Hartford for the 2020-21 season. CRDA Executive Director Mike Freimuth has exclusively confirmed to Cantlon’s Corner that MSG confirmed last week, two weeks ahead of their…
CANTLON: XL CENTER COMING INTO A FINAL STAGE?
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The long and meandering road known as, “The XL Center Reboot” has been both a Greek comedy and a Greek tragedy as well, but the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be in sight. But at the…
CANTLON: EXCLUSIVE!!! XL CENTER REMAINS A VIABLE BUILDING SAYS CRDA HEAD
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Coming back from a refreshing vacation on the Emerald Isle, CRDA Executive Director, Michael Freimuth, jumped right back into the problems here in Connecticut that he hopes his lucky shamrock will help him…
CANTLON: XL CENTER IN THE MIX OF GOVERNOR’S GRAND BARGAIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Nobody ever saw this one coming. Over the past several months, Connecticut’s newly elected Governor, Ned Lamont, has been in secret negotiations with the state’s two Indian tribes, the…
CANTLON: LAWRENCE LEAVING THE XL CENTER
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The revolving door at the XL Center continues to turn as the General Manager of the XL Center, Chris Lawrence, is the latest to exit Asylum Street as of Friday. When reached earlier in the week, Lawrence…
CANTLON’S CORNER: THE XL CENTER HAS A FUTURE
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The hulking giant on Asylum Street known as “The XL Center” has a future – in what form that will be, remains to be seen. The just started special legislative session saw a proposal…
CANTLON’S CORNER: FUTURE OF THE XL CENTER STILL UNDECIDED
Nobody Knows What The Future Holds For The XL Center BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Despite a change in Governor and a friendlier legislature, the future of the XL Center remains as nebulous as it was five years ago. The new Governor,…