Olympic Auditorium games

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Duff on August 31, 2008 at 9:41pm

I remember watching the T-Birds back in '72 on channel 11 here in The Twin Cities on Sat. nights Roller Derby was on channel 9 on Sat. afternoon then wrestling at 6:00 on channel 11 and then "Roller Game of the Week" I had only been exposed to "Roller Derby" prior to this time as no stations in the Twin Cities carried the "Games" until "72 well, needless to say it was in early '73 that all versions of Roller Sport disappeared from local TV but I kept track with my issues of "ROLLER SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" then in about '75 they stopped it wasn't until fall of '82 during the Football strike I wrote a letter to the St. Paul daily paper(Pioneer Press/Dispatch) that football fans were upset, but us Roller Derby fans had it worse well they published my letter and included a picture of Raquel Welch fom Kansas City Bomber. Less than a month later The T-Birds were here with a "live" game. They turned The Met Center into "The Olympic" for me then in the early 80's we got Games televised here locally and "Bill Griffiths" called me to personally tell me games would be televised here locally and I had his permission to record them!! What a thrill so whenever I hear the word "Olympic" I think of the T-Birds! And when I hear Kezar Pavilion I think of the Bombers and when I hear Hammond Civic Arena I think of The Pioneers etc. Thanks To All The Skaters past, present and future!!! MEMORIES ARE GREAT!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Tim Patten on March 30, 2009 at 6:57pm

Yup. You'll never get back there. Times and costs have changed greatly from the olden days. Lets think forward and not backward.

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Palmer on April 2, 2009 at 7:06pm

Hello Tim. No, I am not in training because I am in no way even a skater. I am strictly a spectator. Me trying to merely stand on a pair of roller skates would be a joke in itself. But thanks anyway!

Kenneth Palmer

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Permalink Reply by Tim Patten on June 4, 2009 at 11:54am

Let's bring roller derby back the right way this time.

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