City slaps Rochester Knighthawks with ultimatum

April 9th, 2008 by Lauren Ward

Well, the good news is that the Rochester Knighthawks got a win last weekend. Hopefully that will suffice for a while.

Straight from the Oh This Will End Well files, Mayor Duffy has very publicly instructed Knighthawks owner Steve Donner–shown at left in his file photo–to either sell the Knighthawks as well as the AHL’s Amerks, or get out of the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial.

The Democrat and Chronicle would have us believe that the situation isn’t as bad as it sounds. According to that article, the big hang-up is that the AHL needs to approve Curt Styres’s bid to buy out current co-owners Walter Turek and Randall Latona but can’t do that just yet because the application form is incomplete, which is confidence-inspiring.

Fear not Rochesterians, Donner also believes that if things don’t work out with the BCA, the teams can always play somewhere else in Rochester. Anyone want to volunteer their backyard?

In other news:

MSL’s St. Regis Indians looking to add Iannucci to their Bandit-heavy roster: The Cornwall Standard
Is the suspense killing you too? Vote for the girl of the week: NLLinsider.com
Take our completely and utterly offensive challenge: Wingszone

Ward began covering lacrosse for The Lacrosse Journal in 2005 and became its editor-in-chief a year later. Email her at lauren.ward@nllinsider.com.

Rate This Story: