CANTLON: UCONN OUT OF THE XL CENTER TILL FALL ’21
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The hammer has fallen. CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth, said on Wednesday morning that the XL Center will NOT host any play from either men’s or women’s UCONN basketball, and UCONN…
CANTLON: XL CENTER OPENING DATE STILL UNKNOWN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – It’s a guessing game predicting for CRDA Executive Director, Mike Freimuth as to the actual opening date for the XL Center to begin hosting events, with what is likely to be a reduced crowd.…
CANTLON: XL CENTER REMAINS QUIET FOR NOW
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Like so many businesses and citizens in Connecticut, the XL Center remains in purgatory and when the gates will be re-opened is anybody’s guess. Meanwhile, the losses are mounting daily. “It’s very…
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’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’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,…
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…