cjerina
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- Nov 5, 2008
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The Sears Centre & its CHI Express tenant were lucky they drew enough regular Chicago area attendance to warrant any open concession stands & more than one restroom each for women and men on game nights. And I doubt any fans of the visiting teams could have mustered the drive time & gas/toll money to couple a weekend pair with visits to "destination adjacent" suburban attractions. It was like a Wizard of Oz journey just to make it to the arena & back from an inner ring northwest 'burb for the one game my wife & I attended in January 2012, and we lacked the Yellow Brick Road as a detour option.
I do recall a Sunday afternoon in late January that some Cyclones fans made the trek over to see them play the Express. I don't recall whether it was an organized bus trip or just a random group of friends making the trek, along with a number of Milwaukee Admirals season ticket holders making the trip down as well.
I wish I went to more Express games, but then remembered having to pay $15 to park when I could just as easily go to Rockford or Milwaukee and park on the street and pay the same price to watch a game.