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Steve Donner Interview – Part IV
“In today’s AHL, it’s getting harder and harder to achieve the string of successful seasons that we orchestrated here, and I’d like to think that that strengthens the legacy of what we accomplished.” Â LGA:Â It seems unfair that your legacy is what happened at the end vs. bringing a Cup here and having several successful …
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Steve Donner Interview – Part III
“We weren’t asking for handouts – we just wanted to keep some of our own revenue that we were generating.†LGA: On a scale of 1-10 (with 1 being extremely difficult and 10 being extremely easy) how was the city of Rochester to work with regards to the War Memorial lease? Donner: “A rating …
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Steve Donner Interview – Part I (Intro)
“They were the love of my life.” In 1994, the Buffalo Sabres needed to divest money losing entities like the Rochester Americans – to be scuttled or sold – in order to finance and build the Marine Midland Arena, now known as the First Niagara Center. Steve Donner had already made it known to close …
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