Quote Originally Posted by Jersey Boss View Post
Yeah that would be true. The fact of the matter is that the city owns the Chesapeake arena but the Thunder for all practical purposes are the tail that wags the dog. There seems to be a precedent with these city built and owned facilities for the primary tenant to have outsized influence in what gets allowed to be booked.
yep.. and this is exactly why OKC will not get another hockey team anytime soon. we were very very close to getting the ECHL affiliate (Double A) for the Dallas Stars... but they wanted to use Chesapeake Arena, and it was very quickly nixed by the Thunder. because having a building used an additional 36 days for events is a terrible idea I guess.