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Money_Whisperer OP t1_ixobc3i wrote

Reply to comment by Bathroomtrader in We really had to let the Whalers go? by Money_Whisperer

Rowland was a stupid governor and we shouldn’t have zero major league teams because of one shitty governors incompetence 20 years ago

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Bathroomtrader t1_ixobq15 wrote

He wanted to throw $374 million to cover the cost for the Pats stadium and any left over money was going to be given to the team– one hell of a deal. Now if he had used that money to build a new stadium for the Whalers we would probably still have an NHL team in Hartford.

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Money_Whisperer OP t1_ixonsj2 wrote

I guess in hindsight there was no amount of money that would have convinced the patriots to come here. The NFL wanted to keep a presence in the Boston area and they weren’t gonna allow a team to come here. So the outcome was pre determined and they used us as a pawn

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