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That big woosh of air you just heard is out of the city of Rochester. As in, a HUGE sigh of relief.

The news out of Rochester today is that the National Lacrosse League Knighthawks are set to sign a new lease deal with the city of Rochester, news that Knighthawks fans have been pretty anxious to hear. The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester reports that there’s a news conference scheduled for Thursday afternoon to announce a deal that’ll keep the Knighthawks at Blue Cross Arena, along with the American Hockey League Rochester Americans. The newspaper reports that AHL president Dave Andrews was directly involved with negotiations to help hammer out the details. Scheduled to attend the announcement is NLL commissioner Jim Jennings, new Knighthawks and Amerks majority owner Curt Styres and his business partner Lewis Staats, along with AHL management and Rochester Mayor Robert J. Duffy.

So it appears Knighthawks fans can finally rest easy with the announcment after months of reports of a shaky financial foundation for the team, which has played at Blue Cross Arena since its inception in 1995. The club’s been a consisitently strong draw for Rochester and the NLL so now that we know the team’s locking up a barn in which to play, work can finally get started on selling season tickets packages along with advertising deals.

• Knighthawks announce news conference: 13WHAM-TV
• News conferences in Rochester on Thursday: WHEC.com
• New lease to be announced for Knighthawks: RochesterHomepage.net
• Lacrosse is “blowing up” in Prince Albert: Daily Herald

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