NHL ASG Pics Part 1- Welcome to Atlanta where the player's play. *NO 56K!*

[HollandX]

I went downtown today. I was welcomed!

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Welcome!

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The All Stars play while Giant Ilya on the Westin watches from afar:

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Giant Ilya watches over the city:

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Giant Ilya on the Westin:

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Entrance to the Westin:

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Valet at the Westin:

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Westin Lobby:

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Back of Philips Arena on Philips Drive:

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Fun and festive:

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Welcome to Philips Arena:

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Can you see all the doors are etched with the All Star Logo?

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Closeup of the doors:

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Inside the arena through the glass. This is above the stir fry place. It used to be a giant wall of every NHL teams' jerseys. It was horribly outdated. Especially after the RBK Edge era began.

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I bought a program:

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Leaving Philips Drive:

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Closeup:

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Inside the CNN Center... This is where the card and memorabilia show is going to be. It's going to be VERY crowded and uncomfortable I predict. The CNN Center Food Court was the best place for this??

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I wonder which one will be the McFarlane Booth!

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Giant mural being hand painted where the CNN Center meets Philips Arena. I didn't have the balls to tell him Ilya's jersey was wrong. :( (Wrong Thrashers logo on shoulder and no "17" on the front of the jersey.)

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More pics tomorrow!

[bravesfan]

send me a fig please!:D;):cool:

[R. Giles]

Going tomorrow morning to get some Hossa's and I'm not going to like the crowd.

[avsfan21]

It was rather stupid to put it there. There will be no where to sit to eat and stuff. It is going to be a mess.

[avsfan21]

I didn't have the balls to tell him Ilya's jersey was wrong. :( (Wrong Thrashers logo on shoulder and no "17" on the front of the jersey.)

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More pics tomorrow!

But it is the better of the logos for the Thrashers. They should have never changed it from their home jerseys.

[KingRizza]

great pics, thanks

[Japericho]

Icing on the cake would be Ilya winning MVP of the game.Little afraid Ovechkin might win it since he loves playing there.

[EDBSIP]

nice pics!

[MarkG]

Cool pics dude!!

[molhen]

Where is next years?? Just can't wait!

When did Atlanta get an ice rink??

Very bad decision to have the Allstar game there

[MLabrosc02]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

[Dirty Mo Posse]

Nice

:D

Posse

[ImessedwithTexas]

Awesome pics! Are you going to the skills competition tonight?

[Wardo30]

awesome pics...looks great!!!

[srv2miker]

That's surprisingly top-shelf. Wouldn't have expected that from the NHL.

[Tarheelfan44]

Where is next years?? Just can't wait!

When did Atlanta get an ice rink??

Very bad decision to have the Allstar game there

yeah...wouldnt want to expand the game.....

[Thorondor 33]

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That is pretty cool. :)

I hope the All-Star game comes to Alberta someday.

[avsfan21]

Well I have about 109 pics from tonight. I am putting them on my computer right now so I can kind of weed through them. They wont be that great since I dont have a camera that would zoom enough to get any good shows from the Upper Deck.

[glove-save]

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[molhen]

Todd Looks scared...easy on the grip dude!