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High costs Stanley Cup may not visit Olympic games
The $400,000 lease price sought by the city was on the high end of what some had advised the NHL would pay, City Manager John Patterson said. The NHL had planned on bringing the Stanley Cup and 16 other trophies rarely seen outside the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for a public exhibition. The theater also would have been used for NHL dignitaries as Olympic hockey teams competed at the E Center across the street. But NHL officials sent a letter to the city saying it had shifted its "focus and priorities," and that it wouldn't include the Hale Center Theatre in its plans for February. "There is no deal," said Frank Supovits, an NHL vice president. "There hasn't been a deal." Now, city officials are concerned that they may not be able to find an Olympic tenant for the building. NHL officials have not announced alternative plans for exhibiting the cup during the games. |
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