"(I remember)...attending two Final Fours (1976 and 1981).
Indiana won both.
A Springsteen show, shortly after Elvis died in 1977. He sang a dirge about the senseless death of Elvis called “Goodbye, Johnny, Goodbye.” I’ve never heard the song since.
In that same era, I attended a Supertramp show there that was surprisingly good.
The Spectrum is being glorified beyond any reality. As a concert hall, it was an acoustic nightmare. Amazingly, the Wachovia Center is even worse. Spectrum history has been so distorted that today 99.9% of Philly believes it was built by Ed Snider and he brought the Flyers to Philly. It was Jerry Wolman, the owner of the Eagles at the time, who did this. Snider was just his accountant. When Wolman’s home- building business went bust, Snider jumped on the opportunity and bought the Flyers and the Spectrum at a deep discount. The Spectrum has never paid real estate tax to the City, which owns the property it sits on. In 1966, Wolman got a 50 year lease for the acreage, all rent-free and tax-free.
If you think I’ve been a little harsh on Chairman Snider, let me give you another tid-bit. He owns the Ticketmaster franchise in Philadelphia. All those obscene service fees—they go straight into his pocket. Remember when 11 kids were crushed to death at a Who concert in Cincinnati promoted by EFC? Snider’s Spectacor made half the profits on that show. It’s a fact.
The Fixer responded to Stu: "Stu...can I print this?"
Stu wrote back:
Hell yeah.
I think about as much of Chairman Ed as I do that other over-blown fraud, Donald Trump. Strictly a four-flusher. He’s taken billions out of this community, and given back nothing.
He hasn’t produced a hockey championship since the mid-70s, and everyone is convinced that he’s the greatest hockey executive in history. I don’t follow hockey, but even I could see that he threw his son, Jay, to the wolves, ruined the career and reputation of Eric Lindros, and eventually discarded Bobby Clarke in a shameful manner.
When have you ever heard a “journalist” question Snider’s ability?
Not on Comcast Sports, that’s for sure.
He owns it.
Stu
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