ajc references the 'squawk (sort of)

[lifelong]

check out the hawks blurb near the bottom of this article:

http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/1105/13sptbiz.html

[Lascar78]

Quote:

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Owner's discount: At the height of the summer's Hawks-Thrashers ownership chaos, part-owner Bruce Levenson took heart when he noticed most posters on two fan message boards were taking his side in the dispute vs. Steve Belkin. So Levenson went on-line and offered the fans lower-level tickets — normally $55 — to the Hawks' second home game for $10. Five hundred seventy-one fans took him up on the offer and attended Thursday's game against the Clippers. Levenson invited two people from the group to join him courtside each quarter.

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that's cool

[Gray Mule]

During his interview on T.V., he told everyone that

the posters on GealGM and Hawksquawk were the wild

fans in the background that he had invited and were

making all the noise for the Hawks !!!

I watched the interview and heard it personally so this

is not hearsay.

Great owner!!!

[jpierrek]

its over and dunzo

[Hawkzzz21]

Well the article isn't quite right. Bruce Levenson had posted on Real GM during draft time. Commenting on the draft. So to say he came online, just because we was on his side during the Belkin Debacle, and rewarding us with tickets, is wrong!

You can go to RealGM and dig it up if you like.

I remember he posted, and no one took it serious. Except for Jay Walker. He took the time to confirm it, and came back and said that it was indeed Mr. Levenson. So then the posters started posting somewhat. However, this was back during the draft. Not just for the Belkin thing.

BruceLevenson1 is his screen name there too. Or whatever it was here. It seems like he chose the same screen name on both sites.