Hawks-Bucks?

[Randy]

Think there will be a game Tuesday? I'm guessing not. :snowballfight:

[AHawks89]

Think there will be a game Tuesday? I'm guessing not. :snowballfight:

The Bucks did make it to Atlanta, but waiting for tomorrow to see how the roads are. I'm sure the game will continue on. :snowballfight:

[GABALLA]

The Bucks did make it to Atlanta, but waiting for tomorrow to see how the roads are. I'm sure the game will continue on. :snowballfight:

If so then the Arena will be empty, you know less empty then usual. Just saying.

[AHawks89]

Haha ya, but now we have an "excuse" why it's empty. :go ahead:

[DJlaysitup]

Think there will be a game Tuesday? I'm guessing not. :snowballfight:

My guess is the game will be played...opponents are already in town. Half or more of the fans will be shut out from attending due to iced roads/common sense.

I haven't even driven out of my place yet due to the total lack of attention to any secondary roads - but I would guess the main arteries have at least been sanded and driven on a bunch.

Should be a good game - MILW is a pretty good team.

[gutz]

They just posted on ajc.com the game will be played tonight per the NBA. We need to smash this team and keep the streak going here.

Edited January 11, 2011 by gutz

[Randy]

Yes we need to fell the deer. Think it will be hard to get tickets? I wonder if any scalpers will even bother to show up.....

[frosgrim]

Time to go deer hunting.

The 2nd and 3rd level roads in the city are ice slicks. I live on top of a hill and there is no way I'm going down it. Seen a couple of cars "try" to get up, not a pretty site.

[JRid]

I just heard from a friend who works at Phillips and they are re-scheduling the game. They just decided this. Not sure why they changed their mind.

[Atlantaholic]

I just heard from a friend who works at Phillips and they are re-scheduling the game. They just decided this. Not sure why they changed their mind.

Supposedly there isn't enough staff to work the game. That's what I read anyway.

[lethalweapon3]

Yep.

http://www.nba.com/hawks/

Appreciate the Bucks making it down but trying to go through with this was a bad idea. Even Apolo Ohno couldn't get to the arena if he tried, why should Philips Arena employees be forced to try?

~lw3

[capstone21]

It would have been nice to play a Jenning free Bucks team. He will be back by the time we play in March.

[WraithSentinel]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1082883&start=30

Bucks fans reacting to the news.

:snowballfight:

[lethalweapon3]

Bucks will be alright, as long as they got cable and some good BBQ they'll be fine. The wildcard question now is how either team gets outta town.

Besides, the Bucks will have Michael Redd back by March! Along with a certain Slam Dunk Contest runner-up.

~lw3

[DJlaysitup]

....

Bucks fans reacting to the news.

:snowballfight:

"We've all gone to games at the Mecca or BC during a Blizzard. I realize Atlanta isn't prepared to handle that one inch of snow they got, but if both teams are there, you still play the game, even if only 3,000 people show up. The thing is televised. People can watch from home"

I think the poster has a point there....except for the fact that there would be few service people there. I hiked over to Krogers yesterday and saw 6 cars on the road (one ended up backing into a sign when the JEEP spinned around). Today I drove around a bit in my neighborhood and it was a total mess...everything frozen.

[ATLSmith]

I just heard that the next Thrashers game will be held on I-20 East.

[HalfHawk]

Man, this ice is intense. Walked 6 miles to a buddy's house and back to mines in the ice and snow, the roads are complete ice. There was a neighborhood entrance I passed on my way there, the entrance leads uphill, there must've been at least 20 cars parked there from getting stuck.

Over here in Gwinnett, we got 6 inches of snow including the ice layer on top. If conditions in Atlanta are anything like where I am, they should postpone the game.

[capstone21]

I was born and grew up in Canada. I have been through blizzards and snow storms but I can tell you there is a big difference between the type of snow that the north gets compared to the 'ice' that the south gets.

You can still drive up there if you can get through the storm and I do agree the north is better able to handle the snow up there.

I have been in some ice storms down here and you just can't go out and drive in it. Its best to just stay inside. It is like glass and the fact that people also do not have snow tires (studded) makes a big difference. Until I lived through it down here in the south I would have had the same opinions. However, they will never understand until they experience it down here.

[lethalweapon3]

Milwaukee shuts down anytime they get too much sun.

~lw3

[CODHAWKSFAN]

Canceling this game was the right thing to do. There is no reason to put so many people at risk for a game that can be rescheduled, and I am not just talking about fans, I mean the employees, refs, and players (they don't have super vehicles either). There could have been some bad situations for a lot of people if this game had went on tonight.