"It was at the noon break of the great downtown arena hearing when former mayor Cec Purves caught the same elevator as Bruce Saville.

Purves was the early speaking star of Team Nay.

By the time the elevator had gone down two floors, Saville had blown up his whole argument.

"And who are you?" said Purves.

"A former owner of the hockey team," said Saville.

Saville, the former senior investor of the Edmonton Investors Group, which kept the Oilers franchise in this city, would later speak and make the biggest impact of the public hearing."