Theophrastus Bombastus

http://www.courant.com/real-estate/property-line/hc-xl-center-no-new-funding-20160201-story.html crap - i guess if yer broke, yer broke............ rich owner needed please.......

Yes! BDL-LAX on AA starting in June, BDL-DEN on UA starting in May............. http://www.courant.com/business/hc-bradley-los-angeles-20160120-story.html

http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hartford-cityline/hc-hartford-yard-goats-stadium-showdown-developers-0106-20160105-story.html Nobody has cared to comment on this [potential] FIASCO?

Wowzers, that's out of the blue (casino perhaps???) http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Hard-Rock-Hotel-and-Cafe-to-Open-in-Downtown-Hartford-Near-Baseball-Stadium-361813251.html

Of course it is..... I guess a Coors Light pushcart will suffice. I really hope this whole thing doesn't turn out sh***y. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20150603/NEWS01/150609961/1002

They should also get the Elks building for continuity: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7635035,-72.6720623,21z

That's actually the new UConn Downtown Hartford campus (old Hartford Times building). The UConn Health Center is doing a lot of expanding also in Farmington: http://biosciencect.uchc.edu/patientcaretower/index.html

Maybe, maybe...... seems to make a lot more sense than in East Hartford. http://www.courant.com/business/hc-tns-bradley-airport-casino-20150424-story.html http://www.courant.com/business/hc-east-hartford-casino-reaction-20150424-story.html

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-mohegan-sun-south-korea-20150421-story.html Why not at BDL also if they want to block traffic to the Spfld. casino?

http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=BDL&carrier=FACTS only 2% get cancelled.....

Seriously, those can't be the choices - all pretty awful. http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/03/02/team-name-finalists-for-new-hartford-baseball-club/ blue frogs? choppers? hedgehogs? honey badgers? hound dogs? praying mantises? river hogs? screech owls? whirly birds? yard goats?

http://sciarch.com/category/1-multi-use-sports-entertainment/ A lot of the sites are in Canada, that would tie with the NHL angle. Hopefully something is happening behind the scenes..........

http://www.courant.com/business/real-estate/hc-hartford-conn-xl-center-future-study-20150219-story.html Apparently some big meeting tonight to discuss options (tear down, gut, renovate, or leave to rot). Anyone have some inside info???

Qboda is a done deal, no word on the other two. http://www.chartweb.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Street-Hartford-Flyer.pdf Also some good info on the apartments.

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-stadium-authority-0103-20150102-story.html is this for the better? i dunno... starting to get that queasy hartford's-messin'-it-up feeling

Lots of construction activity going on on the Plaza (besides apartments) - anything major, or just (long-needed) maintenance and repairs?

Hmmmm, wonder how true this is, and how it will affect the XL Center. http://adimeback.com/uconn-hockey-may-have-new-on-campus-home/

...... just sayin', they want to put one on One Tower Square, and I don't think they'll have the room (plus, I don't think they can lower the plaza to street level b/c of the parking garage underneath).

If the ice rink doesn't work out in that location, a perfect spot would be on Constitution Plaza in between the Travelers Plaza Building and the Hartford Club (if it can support the weight) - they are doing something there this week and it is empty (and looks exactly like the size of a regulation rink). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7640466,-72.6713372,90m/data=!3m1!1e3

I'm sure they don't start until the stadium starts...... http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-rock-cats-hooker-0717-20140716,0,5031261.story

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-stadium-funding-0712-20140711,0,6704064.story Hartford Withdraws $60 Million Bond Plan For New Stadium; Wants Private Funding Oops, not so fast..... Do any of you UP Hartfordites comment on the Courant website?

See post above in Rock Cats... The RFP calls for creation of "a new neighborhood that connects the vibrancy of our urban core and surrounding neighborhoods" with a mixed-use development of at least 300 housing units and townhomes, more than 100,000 gross square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space - including a supermarket, public open spaces, parking structures, and a 9,000 fan capacity minor league stadium.

80703171-02114222.pdf Sounds a little more promising...... "...creation of "a new neighborhood that connects the vibrancy of our urban core and surrounding neighborhoods" with a mixed-use development of at least 300 housing units and townhomes, more than 100,000 gross square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space - including a supermarket, public open spaces, parking structures, and a 9,000 fan capacity minor league stadium."

http://wnpr.org/post/stadium-deal-not-approved-yet-hartford-goes-out-bid Oh my lord, holy bureaucratic over-overkill (800 pages!). Cool maps and photos though: http://www.biznet.ct.gov/SCP_Documents/Bids/32743/Environmental_Site_Assessment.pdf

What the??? Hadn't heard about this. http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-rockcats-0603-20140602,0,3959720.story