no_slow_clap;215169 wrote:
lol. jason is my best friend....except for when he trys to hold my hand at work...

He does that sometimes....

Just smack him with some newspaper jk Jason

Overnight vandals caused more than $500,000 in damage at the Urban Plains Center construction site in south Fargo, according to an initial estimate from police.

Fargo police Sgt. Jeff Skuza said authorities were notified at 7:20 a.m. Monday of vandalism at the future $25 million hockey arena.

Between Sunday night and Monday morning, vandals managed to operate two cranes at the site – one inside and one outside the building. They used the cranes to damage the structure and the cranes, according to a police news release.

The vandals started up one crane, raised the boom and bent a beam supporting the arena’s roof.

Construction site manager Trevor Speidel said the vandals also used a crane to smash a concrete block, shattered windows and threw equipment off the roof of the Urban Plains Center, punching a hole in the concrete below.

“They didn’t understand the controls (of the crane),” Speidel said. “If that crane would have been a little bit farther back, they would have tore that whole beam down.”

It could have created a domino effect, “and you’d probably have lost half the building,” Speidel said.

An initial report from the building architect indicates the damage will not affect the timeline to be finished by Oct. 31, said Todd Berning, president of the Metro Sports Foundation that runs the UP Center.

“We just have to work through it,” Berning said. “From that aspect, it’s good news … It’s nothing that we can’t work around. We’re fortunate it happened the way it did happen.”

The procedure is for workers to take keys out of the cranes. However, the keys were in and the machinery running when workers arrived Monday morning, Berning said.

Other vandalism at the site included the word “Yeah” written on the side of the building. A generator was among the items thrown off the roof, Berning said.

The builders and Metro Sports Foundation have insurance and have notified their insurance companies, he said.

Berning said extra security measures will be put in place as a result of the vandalism.

“We’re just lucky nobody got hurt. We’re lucky we can fix it and keep moving,” he said.

When finished, the UP Center’s 5,000-seat main rink will house Fargo Public Schools, Fargo Shanley and the U.S. Hockey League’s Fargo Force, led by former University of North Dakota hockey coach Dean Blais.

Meanwhile, Fargo police are asking for information from the public about the Urban Plains Center vandalism.

Tips can be reported to the Investigations Office at (701) 241-1405 during the day or to dispatch at (701) 235-4493 after hours.

Anyone who wishes to remain anonymous may call the TIP Line at (701) 241-5777, where callers can leave a recorded message.

MisterCMK;215100 wrote:
I said thick skulls not ears you doofus.

Touche...just wanted to get the band reference in somehow.

SmitEvo;215091 wrote:
Yeah thicker skulls to tune out the annoying bands that played at the high school games...

I said thick skulls not ears you doofus.

MisterCMK;215089 wrote:
Be nice now, hockey boys are just like you and me only their skulls are just that much thicker...

Yeah thicker skulls to tune out the annoying bands that played at the high school games...

HandoEX;215086 wrote:
Ok try to follow along here...

**ALL the people that I know that play hockey are bitches. **

Was that too complicated hockey boy?

Be nice now, hockey boys are just like you and me only their skulls are just that much thicker...

no_slow_clap;215082 wrote:
explain???

Ok try to follow along here...

**ALL the people that I know that play hockey are bitches. **

Was that too complicated hockey boy?

HandoEX;215076 wrote:
Every hockey player I know is a bitch.

explain???

kind of a lame sport to watch on tv.

playoffs are teh best

witnessing playoffs in person is awesome.

CivicEX7777777;215041 wrote:
Hockey rules, was watchin the Pens Senators game at Bdubs tonight, Im glad the pens won! Kinda sucked watchin Brian Lee (from Moorhead plays for sens) get burned by Jarko Ruutu though

I was there tonight....didnt see you. Go Pens!

Then I started figuring out the rules and strategies. Now I'm way to far into it than I ever thought possible.

I tune in all the time.

My 1 year old daughter knows what the word "hockey" means.

My name is Erik, and I am now addicted to hockey.

SmitEvo;215016 wrote:
I dont see them building a huge basketball complex in Fargo, but they are building the Urban Plains Center.

Blame Canada.

hockey is awesome.