Cheesy yes but kinda cool too.
And the overall vibe was as good or better than any rink I've been in. Vegas is a great place to enjoy a hockey game.
No doubt an instant hockey town (Much more so than Dallas). Have you seen the crowds standing outside watching the game on the big screens in the heat? I'm not even sure that I'm a big enough hockey fan for that.
I remember when the Stars first came to Dallas in '93. Marsha and I were out at a bar or restaurant that had a bar and who was sitting at the end of the bar completely unnoticed by anyone? Mike Modano!
Even today in some places I have to ask them to turn on the game. Especially if it's the playoffs and Dallas has already bowed out like this year.
On the cool side of that Stars can go out in public and not be mobbed.
I was playing a gig last month and who is sitting at the bar but Craig Ludwig ( 2 time Stanley Cup winner-Once with Montreal and once with the Stars).
BTW, OG_Blues please thank all of Minnesota for not approving the new North Star stadium for Norm Green.