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A statue for Mario?
by Tony on 11/13/09 at 10:09 AM ET
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From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Dave Molinari:
Q: Are there any plans to put a statue of Mario Lemieux outside the new arena? I’m not sure how he would feel about it, but after all he’s done for hockey in Pittsburgh, it’s about time. Jennie, Oakland
MOLINARI: While it hasn’t been officially confirmed that there will be a Lemieux statue inside, outside or near the Consol Energy Center, good luck finding anyone who doesn’t expect that to be the case. In fact, a Post-Gazette story published 18 months ago said team officials already were looking for sites where a statue could be placed. (The subject of thaestatue wasn’t specified in that story—it was identified only as “a well-known player”—but the assumption at the time was that it wouldn’t be, say, Vincent Tremblay or Peter Ahola, and that hasn’t changed.) There’s ample precedent for having such things at the city’s major-league venues, and there’s no question Lemieux is worthy of such an honor. The only concern might be that if the sculptor chosen for the job tries to depict Lemieux for every time he saved the franchise, his or her work might end up looking like those terra cotta armies unearthed in China a few decades ago.
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