CANTLON: SPORTS BETTING OPS UNVEILED Part 1
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The long, awaited XL Center sports betting and e-sports operations were unveiled and are under review by the CRDA. In addition, negotiations with the CT Lottery, the governing body of the state’s infant…
CANTLON: CRDA LOOKS TO FINALLY START BUILDING RENOVATION
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The opening of the XL Center in the first quarter of 2021 and the February 5th AHL start date stand like everything else, held hostage by recent COVID spikes. “We have been told probably February, but so…
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: 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’S CORNER: XL CENTER’S FUTURE STILL REMAINS IN LIMBO
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The darkness of the long night of indecision for the XL Center continues on. Whether the sun will rise and bring forth a new day and a newly renovated building remains as nebulous as it did more than five…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ATRIUM AND A BIDDER IS REVEALED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The XL Center drama continues. Two weeks after no money was allocated toward the building, and after the state legislature took a pass on the $100 million dollar request, a new phase has opened up to keep…