CANTLON: XL SPORTS BETTING UNVEILED Part 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Recently, articles published in both the Hartford Courant and The Day of New London suggest UCONN might move all of their sports operations to the Gampel Pavilion for both men’s and women’s hoops and the…
CANTLON: LATEST IN XL CENTER AND UCONN NEWS
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – On Wednesday, Howlings reported that CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth, had said that the XL Center would NOT host any UCONN men’s or women’s basketball, or Hockey East play until the fall…
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’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: XL CENTER WAITING IN THE BULLPEN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Connecticut state budget process has come and gone. The State Bond Commission met recently, but there was no word on the XL Center emerging over the past six-to-seven weeks as its future continues to…
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,…
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: XL CENTER BID IN FINAL STAGES
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Plenty of questions have been asked. There’s been lots of communication between the CRDA and Oak Street Realty LLC of Chicago and the CRDA is now mulling over this lone bid to see if a marriage can…