MCleveland89 122 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 new arena? yes please. shared arena? no thanks. My thoughts exactly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 new arena? yes please. shared arena? no thanks. I don't think sharing the Palace is possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original-Six 254 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 IMO the Wings having to play at the palace would be about as bad if not worse than missing the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 IMO the Wings having to play at the palace would be about as bad if not worse than missing the playoffs. This. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Dynasty 267 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 If the Lakers and Kings can do it the Wings and Pistons can. However, there would have to be serious upgrades to the place in order for the fans to like it. I would rather have a dedicated arena just for the Wings, but it looks less and less like that will happen. The Joe is the Wings' arena, it is decorated as such, there are shrines inside the place. The chairs are red. The jerseys and banners are all Red Wings. When you go there for a game you are 100% immersed in Red Wings. To look up in the rafters and see a Joe Dumars jersey across from Howe's would lessen the experience IMO. My choice, spend a few million dollars and upgrade the Joe (start with the bathrooms ) and stay put. With the MI economy as it is I really don't see a new 300 million dollar arena being built downtown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown_Ryan 122 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 If this happened I hope it is short term.(the Red Wings in the Palace that is.) Ticket prices will go up and the price of beverages will as well. 3,000 less seats? per game x 42 games.....? something like that? Just seems like it would be more expensive to take a family to a game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted February 24, 2010 If the Lakers and Kings can do it the Wings and Pistons can. However, there would have to be serious upgrades to the place in order for the fans to like it. I would rather have a dedicated arena just for the Wings, but it looks less and less like that will happen. The Joe is the Wings' arena, it is decorated as such, there are shrines inside the place. The chairs are red. The jerseys and banners are all Red Wings. When you go there for a game you are 100% immersed in Red Wings. To look up in the rafters and see a Joe Dumars jersey across from Howe's would lessen the experience IMO. My choice, spend a few million dollars and upgrade the Joe (start with the bathrooms ) and stay put. With the MI economy as it is I really don't see a new 300 million dollar arena being built downtown. My issue with whether its possible to play at the Palace stems from the fact that each team is currently run independently with their own resources, employees, etc. Merging the two teams into the same building seems like it would result in a lot of lost jobs, possible lost affiliations, sponsors, etc. A number of food venues within the Palace would also have to be dropped/shuffled to accommodate the Illitches' (the palace sells Dominoes, the Illitches own little caesars). You would also have to move all the hockey operations offices out of the Joe to some new location that isn't the Palace that would also have to be rented out. There's a plethora of issues that need to addressed, and I see too many of the for this to be a realistic option. Hockeytown001 posted a good sized list of problems a while back that might be worth looking at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
