Sometime late Thursday afternoon, more than 18,000 hockey fans will walk out of the Bradley Center with about two hours to kill before the next game.
The prospect of waves of thirsty and hungry hockey fans looking for bar stools and booths downtown is a problem restaurant and bar owners would love to have every day of the week. What’s even better from their perspective is that the University of Wisconsin is in the NCAA Frozen Four this year. That should guarantee that fans who don’t even have a ticket for the tournament will head downtown just to be part of the action.