Ken Sawyer
Ken Sawyer
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This was a difficult decision we did not take lightly. But we all agreed it was time to make a change and move forward.
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This was a difficult decision that we did not take lightly. It involved all the members of our board and after much discussion we all came to the same conclusion: it was time to make a change and move forward with the next generation team under new leadership.
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It was a very difficult decision. But we both stood back and did what's best for the team.
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With others firms, there's lots of pressure because they need to show returns to raise another fund.
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We've been making payments steadily whether there was a work stoppage or not or whether we made money or not. That's just the way we do business. There's absolutely a sense of pride.
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This thing smells wrong. They should be making sure that there's no hint whatsoever of any political inside deal, any relationship with campaign contributions.
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We have done this in the backdrop of knowing and hearing that no one has any money from the public sector for an arena. That is no small challenge. But we have come up with a way to pay for the entire cost of building a new arena with not a nickel of taxpayer money.
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We wanted (the sculpture) to have a link to skiing, but we also wanted to make it spiritual.
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We've been saying that for a long time and we have a plan that's tied to gaming. But it will be an unbelievable plan, the best in the history of Pennsylvania for the public sector. So we think it's a no-brainer. But it will take at least a year to find out if our gaming partner wins the license. We're not leaving Pittsburgh until June 2007 at the earliest.
My first thought was that we need a new arena.
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My first thoughts were we need a new arena.
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I think the Super Bowl actually helps people understand what a sports team can do for a community in terms of coalescing that community. We hope to be back in your championship in a very short time. So, I think it's helpful.
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If anyone looks at this at all, they'll see this is about an illegal activity and not a legalized slots parlor. And the NHL's position is very clear. The league is against gambling on hockey. A slots parlor is about a gaming operation involving slots.
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We're on Cloud 9. This has probably been the (team's) greatest 24-hour period since 1984.