Wrecking ball for Reunion Arena
For those of you who continue to block the 1999 Stanley Cup finals from your memory bank, here's a sliver of good news: Dallas' Reunion Arena, site of Jason Woolley's Game One overtime goal and the Sabres' tough losses in Games Two and Five, will start down demolition road in the spring.
Here's the story from the Dallas Morning News about the public auction being planned to allow fans to get some souvenirs. The arena was mothballed last month even though the Stars and Mavericks moved into American Airlines Center in 2001.
Reunion had been used for minor pro sports like soccer as well as concerts and other exhibitions since. Aside from the '99 Cup final, Reunion has one other major Buffalo connection: It was the site of Canisius' 72-43 loss to Utah in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament, the only NCAA game the Griffs have played in the last 51 years.
---Mike Harrington
