that is only because a better one was built for the olympics in salt lake...it does still get some use and does hold some world cup events. i know what you are saying though. the hockey bug just kind of died here for whatever reason. about 15 years ago the admirals were drawing 10,000+ pretty regularly. that was probably because people wanted the NHL team, which would have been a disaster. as for the rest, i think i agree. there are only so many dollars to go around.