of 5,375. My, have the times

changed. Speaking of the Giants, you can use them as the biggest example as to

why an AHL team in Langley will work.

In 2010, the Giants took their talents to the Langley Events Centre while a big

event happened in Vancouver that you may have heard happened called the

Olympics. The attendance at the LEC was phenomenal, and that was prior to the real estate boom that happened to the city. While the current

tenants, the Langley Rivermen, have seen a steady climb in attendance since

they became a BCHL franchise, nothing compares to pro-level hockey, and the AHL

can provide that.

In terms of capacity, the LEC houses 5,276 for a hockey game,

including suites. That puts them at about the middle of the pack, just below

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It's not clear what prompted ABC to revisit Bakker's case. The News-Leader reached out to a publicist for the TV network to inquire why, and whether ABC journalists contacted Bakker while preparing the new report. ABC's publicist said in a Monday email that the network would be releasing some information soon.

It's been roughly 30 years since Bakker's North Carolina-based Christian theme park, Heritage USA, closed in the wake of a scandal that prompted the demise of Bakker's Praise the Lord Ministries and its "PTL" TV show.

In 1987, allegations that Bakker raped his former New York church secretary, Jessica Hahn, became public. Bakker said the sex with Hahn was consensual.

Andrew Semel, Copyright 1997 Springfield News-Leader

Not long afterward, Bakker was dismissed