Fire Mission. Last remnant of Winterland. Penalty Box Sign.

by spectr17 on Jan 30, 2012 11:44 PM CST

Billy Madison on the STLToday Blues forum said he went by the old Blues practice rink Winterland in Bridgeton today and the Penalty Box bar out front is now some sort of appliance store. Definitely gone (although the sign for the plaza still has "Penalty Box" at the top of it). They're ripping down all of our old stomping grounds so we have a fire mission.

How could they sell out? This was the hangout for many Blues players after practice. It should be on the National Historic Register. Anyhoo, I want that sign. I need that sign. Beings I'm stuck in Kali-fornya and it might disappear before I get back there to ~~steal~~ appropriate it I need some hep. I will pay handsomely for any souvenirs from the old bar and that sign. A neon beer light from inside the bar would be the shit but I'm not being choosy here.

You'll prolly need a lift of some sort or some tall Lurch type to reach the sign. Take some tools but don't bust the sign up please. If you gotta use a welder or blow it in place I don't want it. Also consider ramming the pole and knocking it over and taking the whole freakin thing to work on back in your hide out of sight of the coppers.
It's on the Rock Road, north side just west of Fee Fee Rd. Lat/Long 38.741549, -90.405516

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Holy shit, just went street view on Google maps and it ain't even the original sign, just some generic sign there now.
Nevermind.

The ole place, sigh.

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sorry Jesse

Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder

by luvhockey on Jan 31, 2012 6:32 AM CST reply actions

Thats what I called my old girl friends ' privates.'

I had to fight to get in there for 5 minutes !

by D4 on Jan 31, 2012 11:02 AM CST reply actions

lol, All kinds of boxes out there.

Who remembers playing “Hot Box” as a kid? It wasn’t dirty, just clean fun after school.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Feb 1, 2012 10:40 PM CST up reply actions

I've ridden/driven past that place for ages.

Had no idea there was once a rink over there.

by BleedBlue42 on Jan 31, 2012 3:59 PM CST reply actions

Winterland was hockey central if the Blues were not playing at the old barn

The Blues and visiting teams practiced there and we spent many days skipping school just down the Rock Rd to watch them play. When there was no hockey to watch or players to bug for broken sticks we’d put ash trays under the pinball machine legs to jip the machines and play all day. For some reason the truant officers, Harpole and Langley, never checked the ice rink for delinquents like they did Red Pin or Skylark bowling alley or Northwest Plaza. Winterland sat back off the Rock Rd where that library bldg is now overlooking I-70. Many of us got our first goal and first kiss under the bleachers at that rink, it holds a special place in our hearts. The brawls were legendary in the Sr Men’s and Ritenour HS games. The old saying was “whether on the ice or in the stands, you had a good chance of going home with a shiner at Winterland”.

Just a chew toy for the hockey gods

by spectr17 on Feb 1, 2012 10:48 PM CST up reply actions