What Does the Wirtz Corp Purchase of the Steel mean for Chicago Blackhawks | CHGO Blackhawks Podcast
CHGO Chicago Blackhawks Podcast
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4.7 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the CHGL Blackhawks podcast. I'm Jayzw |
| 0:08.3 | Wozki with Greg Boyson and Mario Tiribati. It is Mailbag Monday. Make sure you smash |
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| 0:18.1 | If you're a podcast listener, follow, subscribe, rate, review, all that great stuff. |
| 0:23.3 | Those are really, really long way. |
| 0:25.5 | We've got a lot of questions as we always do. |
| 0:28.4 | But we're going to start today's show discussing the news that broke yesterday via Scott |
| 0:32.9 | Powers that the Works Corp, very important distinction, not the Blackhawks, the Works Corp, are reportedly |
| 0:41.3 | purchasing the USHL's Chicago Steel. This sort of came out of nowhere. First thoughts to me were |
| 0:49.9 | kind of like, cool, that's probably good for the steel. Surprising timing, too, with the passing of Rocky. |
| 0:56.7 | But, yeah, it was, it was interesting, to say the least. |
| 1:02.0 | So I did some, I did some digging this morning and made a couple phone calls, |
| 1:05.3 | was trying to get, trying to get some info. |
| 1:06.8 | And I was told that Rocky was for sure involved in this. |
| 1:10.4 | This is something that he's wanted to do, something that he was in on, you know, |
| 1:14.7 | he has been kind of committed to growing the game in Chicago because growing the game in Chicago grows the fan base in Chicago. |
| 1:22.1 | And even if you're growing a fan base out in Fox Valley, you are probably developing some hockey fans, some Blackhawks |
| 1:29.4 | fans in there. The plan for now is for the steel to remain in Fox Valley. I asked if the plans were |
| 1:37.1 | if the fifth third arena gets approved, which we expect it will. It's just a matter of time. |
| 1:43.1 | Is there a plan to build a more spectator-friendly |
| 1:47.7 | arena there? The answer to that question was, yes, that's the plan, but not necessarily for the |
| 1:52.9 | steel. I think the plan is, from what I understand, that they're going to remain in Fox Valley |
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