Yeah, this kind of effort especially in this very short time makes it obvious that interest was there! And it's sad to think they would have made it if given the chance. :(
Well, it's really only a rumour as far as I know, but I really don't feel like I owe AEG only to say nice things about them lol. Apparently they wanted to build an arena in Munich (where the Freezers were located before, called the Munich Barons), but the City of Munich wasn't really interesting of giving that much land to foreign investors. So AEG bought the hockey team and moved them to Hamburg (which is something that doesn't really happen in German ice hockey) because they could build an arena there, and have the new hockey team be a continuing advertisement for their shiny new arena. Then in 2011 they first implied that the team wasn't profitable, but in the end didn't sell them since "they didn't find anyone". (It's rumoured Red Bull wanted to buy them but "someone" was against it, I've read public opinion? But I don't know why AEG would care so much about that. Red Bull later went and bought the current team in Munich btw.) They say they kept looking for buyers but I don't really believe it since they didn't wait to come forward with their "MORE CONCERTS AT BETTER TIMES IN THE ARENA NOW!!!!" plans now.
Re: Random Hockey Thread
Yeah, this kind of effort especially in this very short time makes it obvious that interest was there! And it's sad to think they would have made it if given the chance. :(
Well, it's really only a rumour as far as I know, but I really don't feel like I owe AEG only to say nice things about them lol. Apparently they wanted to build an arena in Munich (where the Freezers were located before, called the Munich Barons), but the City of Munich wasn't really interesting of giving that much land to foreign investors. So AEG bought the hockey team and moved them to Hamburg (which is something that doesn't really happen in German ice hockey) because they could build an arena there, and have the new hockey team be a continuing advertisement for their shiny new arena. Then in 2011 they first implied that the team wasn't profitable, but in the end didn't sell them since "they didn't find anyone". (It's rumoured Red Bull wanted to buy them but "someone" was against it, I've read public opinion? But I don't know why AEG would care so much about that. Red Bull later went and bought the current team in Munich btw.) They say they kept looking for buyers but I don't really believe it since they didn't wait to come forward with their "MORE CONCERTS AT BETTER TIMES IN THE ARENA NOW!!!!" plans now.
Oops, this grew longer than I anticipated.