Confirmed with Link: Hurricanes extend PNC Arena lease for 20 years, Govt allocates $300m to arena renovation, Gale Force at least $800m to land development of the complex

[Discipline Daddy]

Huge news. Pretty much guarantees the Canes will stay in Raleigh until all of us old folks die. Heck, my baby who is currently *in the womb* will retire before the Canes could re-locate.

It's more than huge news. It's like bigger than signing Aho and Brind'Amour and all that. It's probably the best news for the team since Dundon took over, and even that wasn't clearly good news at the time.

Let me also get out and say that I 100% reserve the right to bitch and moan about parking prices, game prices, and these new gen alphas who listen to their crappy hip hop and don't understand the sport of hockey. Even if while admitting this is still great news.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Sounds great, I'm happy for you all.

Are they finally going to make toilets with rink view? You know, Pee N C arena.

Yes, I hate myself for that (too).

God damnit, I will never be able to get Pee N’ See Arena out of my head.

 

[HisIceness]

I'm curious to see the sketches of what all this will look like as far as arena improvements and this 3k music venue.

Whatever it is, ensuring the franchise stays is the best thing.

 

[cptjeff]

Sounds great, I'm happy for you all.

Are they finally going to make toilets with rink view? You know, Pee N C arena.

Yes, I hate myself for that (too).

They'll be right next to our new luxury boxes:

 

[Lempo]

God damnit, I will never be able to get Pee N’ See Arena out of my head.

The arena being actually sponsored by a pregnancy test manufacturer has been my headcanon for years and years already. It's no avail to fight it.

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Counterpoint: we already have those mirror-like black tiles in front of all the urinals. You might say it’s been Pee ‘N See Arena ever since it opened.

 

[Negan4Coach]

This is fantastic news. Was kinda looking forward to an eventual downtown arena, but maybe building the place out to be hockey-experience centric is a better deal.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

There a nights I have trouble sleeping so I'm all for a MLB team being in Raleigh.

 

[MinJaBen]

There a nights I have trouble sleeping so I'm all for a MLB team being in Raleigh.

Yeah, I'd rather keep the Bulls and get an MLS team here instead.

 

[Daeavorn]

Yeah, I'd rather keep the Bulls and get an MLS team here instead.

Unfortunately Charlotte beat us to that punch.

 

[Svechhammer]

Unfortunately Charlotte beat us to that punch. a rich asshole stole it from us.

 

[MinJaBen]

Unfortunately Charlotte beat us to that punch.

Given that it is butts in seats that fund that league, I think both Charlotte and Raleigh can support a team just fine.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Yeah, I'd rather keep the Bulls and get an MLS team here instead.

Why not make the Bulls an MLB team? Then you'd get the best of both worlds.

 

[Tryamw]

You wanna bet on that?

I wouldn't there are so many of them

 

[MinJaBen]

Why not make the Bulls an MLB team? Then you'd get the best of both worlds.

I doubt ticket prices would still be minor league.

MiLB game experience > MLB game experience

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I doubt ticket prices would still be minor league.

MiLB game experience > MLB game experience

Strongly disagree with that. There's no better game experience than watching the best in the world play baseball. You get what you pay for.

 

[DaveG]

Given that it is butts in seats that fund that league, I think both Charlotte and Raleigh can support a team just fine.

honestly MLS just needs to go full f***ing "yolo", go to 40 and implement pro-rel with plans to allow for USL clubs to be able to "buy-in" if they are one of the top 2 teams in that league eventually building a full pro-rel structure in the US system.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Why not make the Bulls an MLB team? Then you'd get the best of both worlds.

DBAP seats 10k. Smallest MLB stadium, capacity wise, is >30k.

It's unrealistic to triple the size of DBAP. They'd need a new stadium.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

DBAP seats 10k. Smallest MLB stadium, capacity wise, is >30k.

It's unrealistic to triple the size of DBAP. They'd need a new stadium.

They'd have to go up. Which is possible -- Forbes Field in Pittsburgh held 41k with zero outfield seats. But I don't see it happening.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Strongly disagree with that. There's no better game experience than watching the best in the world play baseball. You get what you pay for.

Eh, I find that the lower the grade of baseball, the more fun I have at the ballgame.

 

[NotOpie]

Eh, I find that the lower the grade of baseball, the more fun I have at the ballgame.

As a lifelong Orioles fan, I can attest to that.....until this year

 

[Svechhammer]

It is officially happening, work can begin this summer

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806355414088303045

 

[Joe McGrath]

I saw the title and was like, another 20 year lease extension? Seems excessive.

 

[tomdundo]

I saw the title and was like, another 20 year lease extension? Seems excessive.

We Like Our Arena

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I have only been to Tampa's, Nashville's, and the Capitals' arenas other than the Hurricanes. All 3 of them have way more fun areas to play in outside the arena. Naturally the Caps' is close to DC proper, and Nashville's to Nashville. Tampa has this amazing little area called Sparkman Wharf, which is a doper version of North Hills. It was cool enough that my wife and I went there twice just for fun, not really to watch any games, on our last trip to Tampa. Here's hoping that the new area near PNC is more like this.