LA Kings Luc Robitaille Honored With Statue Erected At Staples Center – In Photos

March 9, 2015 by Leave a comment

LA Kings President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille (left), his family, and “Voice of the Kings” Bob Miller (right)
look on as a statue of Robitaille is unveiled at Staples Center on March 7, 2015.
Photo: David Sheehan, CaliShooterOne Photography/FrozenRoyalty.net

 

LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Entertainment Group honored former Los Angeles Kings left wing and current President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille by erecting a statue of him in Star Plaza at Staples Center on March 7, 2015.

A large crowd of fans, Kings alumni and honored guests, witnessed the statue unveiling, including former Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux, and two others with statues in Star Plaza: former Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard and former general manager Jerry West, and former Kings superstar Wayne Gretzky.

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Frozen Royalty Video: LA Kings Luc Robitaille Reacts To Statue Unveiling

March 8, 2015 by 1 Comment

Luc Robitaille (left) and &ldquoVoice of the Kings” Bob Miller (right) look at a statue of Robitaille that was unveiled
on March 7, 2015, in Star Plaza at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Photo: David Sheehan, CaliShooterOne Photography/FrozenRoyalty.net

 

LOS ANGELES — On March 7, prior to the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) honored former Kings left wing and current President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille by erecting a statue of Robitaille in Star Plaza at Staples Center.

During a ceremony in which the statue was unveiled, Dan Beckerman, Chief Executive Officer, AEG, former Los Angeles Lakers guard and general manager Jerry West, former Kings defenseman and current assistant general manager Rob Blake, and former Kings superstar Wayne Gretzky addressed the crowd.

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Frozen Royalty Video: LA Kings Luc Robitaille Talks About His New Statue

March 6, 2015 by 1 Comment

LA Kings President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille
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Photo: Gann Matsuda/FrozenRoyalty.net

LOS ANGELES — Prior to the start of the Los Angeles Kings game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Staples Center on March 7, 2015, the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the retail, real estate and entertainment conglomerate that owns Staples Center, L.A. Live, the Kings, and much more, will honor former Kings great and current President/Business Operations Luc Robitaille with the unveiling of a statue of Robitaille in Staples Center’s Star Plaza.

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Even In A Crowd Of More Than 300,000, LA Kings Fan Greg Akahoshi’s Energy, Enthusiasm and Loyalty Stand Out

June 25, 2014 by 12 Comments

2014 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WRAP-UP: Final installment (Part 7) of Frozen Royalty’s wrap-up of the Los Angeles Kings winning the 2014 Stanley Cup Championship and the ensuing celebration.

LA Kings fan Greg Akahoshi, shown here before the Kings’ 2014 Stanley Cup Championship parade in Downtown Los Angeles on June 16, 2014.
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LOS ANGELES — When you walk the concourses at Staples Center during a Los Angeles Kings game, the diversity of the fan base is on display for all to see. To be sure, fans from all walks of life, and all levels of devotion, occupy Staples Center when the Kings are in town, including those who have been around since the first days of the franchise in 1967, to brand new ones who some derisively refer to as bandwagoners. There are fans present who you’d want to embrace and celebrate (or commiserate) with, and those you might look at funny and avoid.

In short, Kings fans run the gamut of just about every descriptive trait that you can think of. That was also apparent, and on a much larger scale, during the 2014 Stanley Cup Championship parade in Downtown Los Angeles on June 16, 2014, celebrating the Kings winning their second Stanley Cup in the last three seasons on June 13, at Staples Center.

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Fans Appreciate LA Kings Winning The Stanley Cup More The Second Time Around

June 21, 2014 by 14 Comments

2014 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WRAP-UP: Part 4 of Frozen Royalty’s wrap-up of the Los Angeles Kings winning the 2014 Stanley Cup Championship and the ensuing celebration.

Mike Bouffard (left) and his daughters—all LA Kings fans—during the team’ 2014 Stanley Cup Championship parade in Downtown
Los Angeles on June 16, 2014.
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Photo: David Sheehan/FrozenRoyalty.net

LOS ANGELES — Looking back to the Los Angeles Kings’ 2014 Stanley Cup Championship parade in Downtown Los Angeles, as it was in 2012, fans came from miles and miles around, even though the majority were from the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

As yours truly walked Figueroa Street and Chick Hearn Court (between Staples Center and L.A. Live) prior to the start of the parade, I spoke with some of the more than 300,000 fans in attendance. Some had made the trip from surrounding counties, including Orange, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Bernadino, Riverside, Kern, Imperial and San Diego counties. One family came from as far as New Mexico.

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