Hockey Road Trip, Fall 2004

Week One - Southwest Sat, 10/16 - Fri, 10/22

Wednesday, 10/27

Week Two - Texas Sat, 10/23 - Fri, 10/29

Didn't do much in Galveston.  Had a wonderful dinner (last night) at Landry's, looking out over the ocean/gulf.  Spent more $ on dinner than I did for hotel.  Ahhh... but it was delicious.... Seafood Gumbo, Seafood Salad. Toured the historic district but it was too early for anything to be open.  Decided to head to Shreveport/Bossier City.  Mudbugs hockey game tomorrow!

Week Three - Southeast Sat, 10/30 - Fri, 11/5

Week Four - Southeast Sat, 11/6 - Fri, 11/12

Week Five - Mid Atlantic 11/13 - Fri, 11/19

Thursday, 10/28

Week Six - Long Island Sat, 11/20 - Fri, 11/26

Thursday evening I attended the Mudbugs vs. Tarantulas hockey game at CenturyTel Center.  This evening's 'theme' was Election Night.  They handed out little American Flags, the Mudbugs had special Election Jerseys that were auctioned off after the game. Some notes: - There were nice wide concourses in the arena.  Made traffic flow easy. - All seats were cushioned. - Fans did throw out plastic red mudbugs after the team scored a goal. - Puck in play rule was in place and enforced.  Sweet. - Excellent between period entertainment:  Indian dance, shoot the puck from the blue line into the net and get $100.  Some of the t-shirts thrown into the stands had a $100 bill in them.

Week Seven - Midwest Sat, 11/27 - Fri, 12/3

Week Eight - Midwest Sat, 12/4 - Fri, 12/10

Week Nine - Las Vegas Sat, 12/11 - Fri, 12/17

Week Ten - California Sat, 12/18 - Fri, 12/24

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Here's the outside of CenturyTel Center.  It was not in a downtown area.  Ample parking (free) and beautifully landscaped surroundings.  The arena is about three years old and seats 12,500.

The inside of CenturyTel. Notice all the banners hanging from the rafters.  They're all for championships of some kind for the Mudbugs over the last few seasons. The arena did have suites between the first and second levels.  I didn't capture that well in this photo.

Game Seven - CenturyTel Center Mudbugs vs. Tarantulas Score:  Tarantulas 3 - Mudbugs 2

Posted:  10/27/04 Updated:  10/31/04