What's Venture?BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
A department store like Target. Target and Venture mirrored one another at the time. I think the same guy that created Venture was involved in the development of Target. Venture rocked, I had a lot of fun working there. They were part of the May Company that also owned Famour-Barr but they let Venture go and Venture became an independent company. They did well in St. Louis but the stores in Texas did not and they folded up around 92 or 93.Doug Glatt wrote:What's Venture?BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
I worked at the Kingshighway/Christy store. I liked it when they had Schnucks next door and both stores were connected to each other. You could go thru a turnstile at Venture's snack area and walk right into Schnuck's.T.C. wrote:the venture at olive & 270 was great. the one in north county was... not so great.
The store in NoCo (West Florissant @ Dunn Road) was certainly an (ad)Venture. I used it as a cut-through to avoid traffic/accidents at the intersection more often than I did as a shopping destination. Its aura was later assumed by the Walmart Super Center further south on W. Flo. I don't even dare cut through their parking lot.T.C. wrote:the venture at olive & 270 was great. the one in north county was... not so great.
We didn't just let him walk away. Kennan ran him out of town after the Blues didn't make it to the finals. Keenan was a disaster for the Blues.BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
I know Keenan was the problem, but still, we lost him. Wish they inked the guy the same week they got him before things went sour.39hurricane wrote:We didn't just let him walk away. Kennan ran him out of town after the Blues didn't make it to the finals. Keenan was a disaster for the Blues.BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
I was being facetious.BillP. wrote:A department store like Target. Target and Venture mirrored one another at the time. I think the same guy that created Venture was involved in the development of Target. Venture rocked, I had a lot of fun working there. They were part of the May Company that also owned Famour-Barr but they let Venture go and Venture became an independent company. They did well in St. Louis but the stores in Texas did not and they folded up around 92 or 93.Doug Glatt wrote:What's Venture?BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
NHLTIM wrote:funny story about Venture...mine was the Venture near Page and 170. I was about 12 or so when me and some friends all got lighters from there so we could imitate the infamous Gene Simmons from Kiss fire out your mouth trick.
I got home..sucked in a buttload of butane, lit the lighter, blew on it and completely eliminated both eyebrows and created a perfect square section across my forehead where my bangs used to be...not to mention burned the hell out of my lips and the tip of my noise and forehead. Ever have a burn blister on the tip of your nose....not fun....not fun at all. Live and learn....
that's fucking awesome.Keenan was not the problem. Keenan didn't all of a sudden change after he came here.BillP. wrote:I know Keenan was the problem, but still, we lost him. Wish they inked the guy the same week they got him before things went sour.39hurricane wrote:We didn't just let him walk away. Kennan ran him out of town after the Blues didn't make it to the finals. Keenan was a disaster for the Blues.BillP. wrote:I was working at Venture when I heard about that trade. I still can't believe we had him here and then just let him walk away. I doubt we get Turgeon if Wayne had stayed here but man it's Wayne Gretzky and we had him. He should of retired a Blue.
Holy Cow - I'm going to guess you didn't try that again. Yikes!!!NHLTIM wrote:funny story about Venture...mine was the Venture near Page and 170. I was about 12 or so when me and some friends all got lighters from there so we could imitate the infamous Gene Simmons from Kiss fire out your mouth trick.
I got home..sucked in a buttload of butane, lit the lighter, blew on it and completely eliminated both eyebrows and created a perfect square section across my forehead where my bangs used to be...not to mention burned the hell out of my lips and the tip of my noise and forehead. Ever have a burn blister on the tip of your nose....not fun....not fun at all. Live and learn....
I had forgotten about that. Not the most inspirational choice for retail branding. Target's red is eye-catching; black & white angled stripes, not so much.Doug Glatt wrote:... I was a kid, when they went away. I remember the black sign though.
I forgot about all of that with Gretz, I hated Keenan for shipping out Philandering Shanny, and management taking a stance against Hull (ala Keenan's attitude and stripping the C off of him for Shane "I quit on my team" Corson).barnburner wrote:Even though I was as excited as everyone else over trading for Gretzky, by the time we reached the playoffs, I wasn't at all sure he was going to be the difference maker that would take us all the way. Against Toronto, after Gilmour hit him along the boards, Wayne was more or less ordinary, playing with what appeared to be a back injury. (I believe that was the primary reason Quinn pulled the contract offer off the table)
Sure, Wayne played pretty well for the Rangers, (still nowhere close to his Edmondton days), but the Rangers in their market, could afford to take the risk of signing him. The Blues, in this midwestern market? It would have been at that point, a huge gamble on an aging player who was no longer a superstar. Would his contract have limited our ability to add/resign quality players? Would St. Louis area fans been willing to pay the ticket prices necessary to keep a Gretzky here?
and it started a long-standing, still-going tradition of signing aging players who were once great but are well past their prime. recent memory - mckee, miller, jbo...barnburner wrote:It would have been at that point, a huge gamble on an aging player who was no longer a superstar. Would his contract have limited our ability to add/resign quality players? Would St. Louis area fans been willing to pay the ticket prices necessary to keep a Gretzky here?
Actually TC, the Blues have been doing that since the beginning. In the 60's they built their teams using future HHOFers well past their prime, including coaxing at least one out of retirement. They continued in the 70's, 80's, and 90's with players like Derek Sanderson, Guy Lapointe, Phil Housley, Peter Stastny, Glenn Anderson, Dale Hawerchuck, etc.T.C. wrote:and it started a long-standing, still-going tradition of signing aging players who were once great but are well past their prime. recent memory - mckee, miller, jbo...barnburner wrote:It would have been at that point, a huge gamble on an aging player who was no longer a superstar. Would his contract have limited our ability to add/resign quality players? Would St. Louis area fans been willing to pay the ticket prices necessary to keep a Gretzky here?
