Charlotte Checkers Hockey Team

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Are the Checkers no longer a minor league team for the Carolina Hurricanes?

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Affiliated with Seattle and Florida now

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Affiliated with Seattle and Florida now

That explains why it is not as good of an experience as it was. Why is it no longer a Hurricanes minor league team? Concessions are ridiculously priced. $7.00 for the little cup of Dipping Dots or whatever they are called.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I can’t answer the concession questions. I just looked up their Wikipedia page to answer the first question.

I didn’t notice anything on their Wikipedia page about concession prices.

[HkyMtneer]

Affiliated with Seattle and Florida now

That explains why it is not as good of an experience as it was. Why is it no longer a Hurricanes minor league team? Concessions are ridiculously priced. $7.00 for the little cup of Dipping Dots or whatever they are called.

Professional affiliation has nothing to do with pricing in the stands at the minor league level...you do know that, right? That is 100% markets and variables (suppliers, venue, etc.). I'm not even sure how you could begin to think the two were connected? I mean, do you go to a Greensboro Grasshoppers game and see that the soda is $1 more or the popcorn .50 cents higher than at a Winston-Salem Dash game and think to yourself, "Damn Pittsburgh Pirates screwing me over - I'm going to go to games in Winston-Salem instead because the Chicago White Sox know how to treat their fans!" -- Seriously though, how would one ever believe the two were connected?

[CharlotteApp05]

In a weird way I agree they are connected. My understanding was COVID crushed the Checkers and the owners tried to get a little more money from the Hurricanes to help cover losses. They were close, but could not agree on a deal. The Hurricanes found another minor league team and the Checkers found whatever partners they could get. So now after Covid losses and less revenue from the NHL team, the Checkers seem to be jacking up prices all across the board.

I went to the game yesterday was blown away at how much more expensive everything was versus precovid, including ticket prices. I don't think it is sustainable, attendance was down quite a bit.

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Affiliated with Seattle and Florida now

That explains why it is not as good of an experience as it was. Why is it no longer a Hurricanes minor league team? Concessions are ridiculously priced. $7.00 for the little cup of Dipping Dots or whatever they are called.

Professional affiliation has nothing to do with pricing in the stands at the minor league level...you do know that, right? That is 100% markets and variables (suppliers, venue, etc.). I'm not even sure how you could begin to think the two were connected? I mean, do you go to a Greensboro Grasshoppers game and see that the soda is $1 more or the popcorn .50 cents higher than at a Winston-Salem Dash game and think to yourself, "Damn Pittsburgh Pirates screwing me over - I'm going to go to games in Winston-Salem instead because the Chicago White Sox know how to treat their fans!" -- Seriously though, how would one ever believe the two were connected?

All I know is that the concession prices are much higher now than previous seasons.
A positive was the organist is very professional, talented and courteous. He autographed a jersey I bought for my son.
Also, the price of admission is similar or the same as it was a couple years ago. Too, they no longer charge for parking.

[1ASU78]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

[tromboneman]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Shawn Wheeler played for the Greensboro Monarchs from 90-93, Checkers from 94-97. He was one of the most popular black players in the ECHL, and played a fun to watch aggressive style game. He was on Checkers championship team and later coached them. After his time with the Checkers, he had a spot n WFNZ, not sure if still on there.

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The goalie for the visiting team (Lehigh) yesterday and Saturday has been selected for the Olympic team.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

Greensboro had an AHL for a one season after success in the ECHL. Then the Hurricanes came in for two years and after the Hurricanes left Greensboro moved back to the ECHL from 1999-2004 and been without hockey since. W-S have had the Thunderbirds off and on and currently have them playing in W-S.

UNCG men's basketball is essentially the major tneant during the winter months in the main arena it seems. I imagine the convention center part could host UNCG men but it is a bit dumpy and not a college feel for UNCG but they would have seating capacity. The G-League has their own building/court in a separate part of the complex. I doubt the two could make it work in the same space. My point being, as much as I would love some minor league hockey in Greensboro I am guessing it may not work with scheduling very well with the current tenants.

If they could put ice in the convention center area they would likely have seating about what W-S has at the Fairground annex that is used by the Thunderbirds. Not good enough for ECHL but good enough for some sort of low level hockey.

Indoor football is also at the Greensboro Coliseum in the summer.

[1ASU78]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

The Generals! That’s it.

[AppinVA]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

The Generals! That’s it.

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

[bcoach]

We’re the Checkers a Greensboro team a long time ago?

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

The Generals! That’s it.

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

I had season tickets for the Raleigh Ice Caps from day one to day last. Was also an off ice official for a couple years. The best games were when Hampton Roads and John Brophy cam to town. He even got arrested one trip. Worse experience was when we took a road trip to Richmond as fans. Had to literally fight our way out of the place. One year when we played Greensboro on Halloween night that lasted past midnight. At one point the ref was calling numbers and penalties to us office officials so as to keep it straight. Seven or eight guys in each penalty box, standing room only. Then threw a few out to finish the game. Those were the days. Then the Hurricanes came along and season tickets were no longer affordable. I now am a sponsor and have season tickets for the Roanoke Rail yard Dawgs of the SPHL. Good times again. Would love to see a team in Greensboro.

[AppinVA]

Greensboro had a team, Greensboro Monarchs, that was really good. Believe they went away when the Hurricanes started. Think they used their arena until the Raleigh one was finished. Not sure if the Monarchs or another team ever came back.

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

The Generals! That’s it.

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

I had season tickets for the Raleigh Ice Caps from day one to day last. Was also an off ice official for a couple years. The best games were when Hampton Roads and John Brophy cam to town. He even got arrested one trip. Worse experience was when we took a road trip to Richmond as fans. Had to literally fight our way out of the place. One year when we played Greensboro on Halloween night that lasted past midnight. At one point the ref was calling numbers and penalties to us office officials so as to keep it straight. Seven or eight guys in each penalty box, standing room only. Then threw a few out to finish the game. Those were the days. Then the Hurricanes came along and season tickets were no longer affordable. I now am a sponsor and have season tickets for the Roanoke Rail yard Dawgs of the SPHL. Good times again. Would love to see a team in Greensboro.

I’m hoping with the new arena in Richmond coming on in a couple years we can get an ECHL team again, but it will never be the same.

[bcoach]

I used to have season tickets to the Greensboro Generals. Games with Charlotte Checkers were epic!!

The Generals! That’s it.

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

I had season tickets for the Raleigh Ice Caps from day one to day last. Was also an off ice official for a couple years. The best games were when Hampton Roads and John Brophy cam to town. He even got arrested one trip. Worse experience was when we took a road trip to Richmond as fans. Had to literally fight our way out of the place. One year when we played Greensboro on Halloween night that lasted past midnight. At one point the ref was calling numbers and penalties to us office officials so as to keep it straight. Seven or eight guys in each penalty box, standing room only. Then threw a few out to finish the game. Those were the days. Then the Hurricanes came along and season tickets were no longer affordable. I now am a sponsor and have season tickets for the Roanoke Rail yard Dawgs of the SPHL. Good times again. Would love to see a team in Greensboro.

I’m hoping with the new arena in Richmond coming on in a couple years we can get an ECHL team again, but it will never be the same.

Before COVID hit there were talks going on for an SPHL team in Richmond. Pretty much dead for now.

[AppinVA]

The Generals! That’s it.

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

I had season tickets for the Raleigh Ice Caps from day one to day last. Was also an off ice official for a couple years. The best games were when Hampton Roads and John Brophy cam to town. He even got arrested one trip. Worse experience was when we took a road trip to Richmond as fans. Had to literally fight our way out of the place. One year when we played Greensboro on Halloween night that lasted past midnight. At one point the ref was calling numbers and penalties to us office officials so as to keep it straight. Seven or eight guys in each penalty box, standing room only. Then threw a few out to finish the game. Those were the days. Then the Hurricanes came along and season tickets were no longer affordable. I now am a sponsor and have season tickets for the Roanoke Rail yard Dawgs of the SPHL. Good times again. Would love to see a team in Greensboro.

I’m hoping with the new arena in Richmond coming on in a couple years we can get an ECHL team again, but it will never be the same.

Before COVID hit there were talks going on for an SPHL team in Richmond. Pretty much dead for now.

I hope that's not the case. There are two arenas planned that will hold ice. One is a small barn that would be adequate for a SPHL team, and the other will be something that will be good enough to land NCAA Tournament first and second round games. I hope that's where a new ECHL team can go. I haven't heard much on either since last summer, so I hope the plans for the larger arena are still on.

I used to go to Renegades games with Charlotte gear on back around 2000, and yeah, we would get things thrown at us in the parking lots. I laughed it off, and I miss those days. The Hurricanes move to Raleigh ruined an awesome time for southern hockey (spoken as a Penguins fan who grew up in Charlotte and isn't a big fan of anything RDU), but I guess it's great for the folks around the Triangle.

And Brophy did more for hockey in Virginia than everyone else combined. It was truly Slapshot in real life.

We didn't realize how good we had it at the time.

[bcoach]

The old ECHL with Charlotte, Richmond, Roanoke, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads was epic. The hockey wasn’t the best, but you could be assured of some great fights.

Some fan groups would take trips to nearby cities. It was almost like soccer hooligans in England. Great times.

I had season tickets for the Raleigh Ice Caps from day one to day last. Was also an off ice official for a couple years. The best games were when Hampton Roads and John Brophy cam to town. He even got arrested one trip. Worse experience was when we took a road trip to Richmond as fans. Had to literally fight our way out of the place. One year when we played Greensboro on Halloween night that lasted past midnight. At one point the ref was calling numbers and penalties to us office officials so as to keep it straight. Seven or eight guys in each penalty box, standing room only. Then threw a few out to finish the game. Those were the days. Then the Hurricanes came along and season tickets were no longer affordable. I now am a sponsor and have season tickets for the Roanoke Rail yard Dawgs of the SPHL. Good times again. Would love to see a team in Greensboro.

I’m hoping with the new arena in Richmond coming on in a couple years we can get an ECHL team again, but it will never be the same.

Before COVID hit there were talks going on for an SPHL team in Richmond. Pretty much dead for now.

I hope that's not the case. There are two arenas planned that will hold ice. One is a small barn that would be adequate for a SPHL team, and the other will be something that will be good enough to land NCAA Tournament first and second round games. I hope that's where a new ECHL team can go. I haven't heard much on either since last summer, so I hope the plans for the larger arena are still on.

I used to go to Renegades games with Charlotte gear on back around 2000, and yeah, we would get things thrown at us in the parking lots. I laughed it off, and I miss those days. The Hurricanes move to Raleigh ruined an awesome time for southern hockey (spoken as a Penguins fan who grew up in Charlotte and isn't a big fan of anything RDU), but I guess it's great for the folks around the Triangle.

And Brophy did more for hockey in Virginia than everyone else combined. It was truly Slapshot in real life.

We didn't realize how good we had it at the time.

How many would the smaller arena hold?