Friday, September 08, 2006

No. 14 in the preseason rankings...?

No, not the Bruins, although 14 actually seems about right...Anyways, I recently added a link to the blog "OddManRush" under the links section. I just came across the blog and found it very interesting, particularly the videos and songs and more so the post which featured a ranking of all of the NHL's arenas. The list of arenas begins with a shocking number one, and it isn't until number 14 that we come across the one and only TD Banknorth Garden. The list was compiled by the website's creaters, Andrew Kulyk and Peter Farrell. They wrote,

"Set atop the North Station and built next to the old Boston Gardens, streets around here are congested and the
mess from the "Big Dig" is taking years to clean up. Real nice New England Sports Museum rings the entire club
level concourse. Otherwise, about the most plain jane new facility we've seen.
Arc- 4.5, Food-6, Scbd-5.5, Ush-6, Fans-6, Loc-6, Bann-10, Ent-4, Conc-5, Bonus-7.5 Total: 60.5"

This is the evaluation given to the Boston Garden's replacement. I wonder what the Garden would have been rated? I guess the real question is, will the Big Dig finish in my Boston lifetime? I agree the Big Dig is an eyesore, but TD is located in a rich area. Nearby, the often unnoticed Paul Revere Park and the dam, the North End and Waterfront sections, Paul Revere's house. the oldest restaurant in America (Union Oyster House)...Ernesto's Pizza (sorry Regina's). There is obviously a lot of congestion in the area, especially with the Big Dig, but in no other city is there anywhere near the amount of beauty, and more importantly, history that is in walking distance from TD.

There's no better date, first or 500th, than a B's game, a walk through the North End, a stop for some dessert at Mike's Pastry and lastly a seat by the waterfront under the polluted but beautiful Boston skyline.

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