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Article: Show Place Arena Remains a Main Attraction; Schedule Is Busy Even Without Sold Icebreakers
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- The Washington Post
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- January 19, 2000
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When the Chesapeake Icebreakers moved to Jackson, Miss., last
summer, the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro suddenly had 35 open
dates on its calendar, and not much time to fill them.
But now, in the middle of a winter that would have been full of
Icebreakers games, Show Place is hardly in a deep freeze. The arena
has filled nearly all the dates previously reserved for the team,
General Manager Bill Chambers said, and he is searching for a
familiar kind of tenant: another minor league hockey team.
The six-year-old, 5,500-seat arena in Upper Marlboro has replaced
hockey this winter with non-sporting events involving the circus,
music, computers and consumer activities. And the Washington ...