Tag:Terry Pegula
Knighthawks, Scoreboard, Restaurant and More Blue Cross Arena News
A press conference was held on Thursday afternoon to announce that Pegula Sports and Entertainment would be awarded National Lacrosse League expansion team. It was also an opportunity for city and state officials to talk about planned upgrades to Blue Cross Arena. Pegula Sports and Entertainment will be keeping the Rochester Knighthawks name and legacy. …
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History of Lease Problems and Conditions at Blue Cross Arena, Mayoral Candidate Issues Statement
There’s been a lot of discussion this week about the future of the Rochester Americans in Rochester with it’s lease and the condition of Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. Anyone who has followed things behind the scenes over the last decade will recognize that none of this is new. Everything that has happened …
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Amerks, Playoffs and Darcy
After a second frustrating trade deadline in a row, Eric Bourgeois and Jason Bonno discuss the Amerk playoff roster (who’s on it, who is not), playoff chances……..and Darcy Regier. Kevin Porter Eric: He was clearly very important to the team in many ways as its captain and is sorely missed. Good for him in getting …
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Pegula’s Letter: The Goal Now is to Win a Calder Cup
Any Rochester Americans fans who have still had doubts about the new Pegula owned Amerks should be at ease after reading either the letter they got in the mail as a season ticket holder or the full page note on the back of section A in Sunday’s Democrat and Chronicle. There’s a lot in it …
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Quick Recap of the Sabres Press Conference Buying the Amerks
That was quite the morning at Blue Cross Arena where the Buffalo Sabres officially announced the purchase of the Rochester Americans. At the head table was Dave Andrews, Darcy Regier, Terry Pegula, and Ted Black with the Mayor of Rochester and County Executive sitting in the front row. There was a lot of time spent …
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More Details About the Sale to the Sabres
Lewis Staats was just on WHTK 1280 with John DiTullio and shared a few more details about the sale to the Sabres, the most interesting being that the Sabres initiated the talks asking if the Amerks were for sale. As we’re all aware, there were a number of things involved that had to be taken …
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AHL Approval and Details All that Remain of Amerks Sale to the Sabres
Curt Styres selling the Rochester Americans franchise to Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Sabres has been as much of a secret as Terry Pegula buying the Sabres earlier this year. Â Everyone has known it’s happening, the only thing that held things up was all of the legal mumbo jumbo and league approval, two things that …
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Countdown to the Sale, Shouldn’t be Any Doubters
There’s going to be a lot more to talk about next week once this sale is 100% approved and finalized and signed, until then all we have are these little things that point to it being a done deal for those who still don’t believe. Â The American Hockey League invited teams to Springfield, MA for …
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WGRZ Reports Pegula Finalizing Purchase of Amerks
In the past week things sure have gotten interesting and today WGRZ in Buffalo is reporting that Terry Pegula is in the final stages of purchasing the Rochester Americans. Updated 6pm: My own sources have also confirmed this will happen. There’s a reason both sides are staying quiet at this time. They wrote: Negotiations have …
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