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WOW! In Boston, ice is $130-160/hr- i think we rented a roller court friday nights for $100 or $120 a few years ago.
I didnt realize you only had to go a few hundred miles south to find such a scarcity of ice. Sports marketing people often say that in the US hockey is pretty much a regional game (NE and MidWest) and if kids and adults can't play it easily/affordably in new "markets" then ultimately the pro franchises in those places will fail or move. Obviously the NHL is very well represented in the mid-atlantic, and though the Islanders seem to be for sale or about to move every few seasons, i hear its because of their bldg and lease.
We dont have pro roller hockey- that im aware of - in New England. I think New York has/d the nearest pro Inline team. How well did pro inline take in areas where its the more-often-played form of hockey? did people go? are there pro inline goalies that you'd recognize and want to emulate? Or do roller goalies look primarily to ice for their heroes?
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