Category: Seattle Arena
Silver: Seattle will be on a “short list” for expansion
NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated that Seattle will be on the short list for expansion, once the league considers expanding.
Key Arena renovation proposal shaping up to be traffic disaster
Despite traffic issues at the Key Arena site, the mayor's office is pushing for an MOU without a plan for traffic mitigation.
Murray’s handling of proposed Key Arena renovation, Sodo arena proposal, stinks
Murrays handling of Seattle's arena situation has lacked transparency, to this point.
Sodo arena vs. Key Arena renovation, and repeating history
Over 20 years after the first Sodo arena proposal fell through, Seattle is looking at potentially renovating Key Arena...again.
NBA is considering expansion, Seattle is one of the favorites
The NBA would like to expand again.
Its dead.
With a 5-4 vote, the Seattle City Council voted against vacating a stretch of Occidental Avenue for the proposed arena; effectively killing it...and the Sonics.
The arena race in Seattle is getting hot
After months of silence on the arena front, the last week has been full of breaking news and insanely hot takes. On Monday, the Tukwila arena became a real thing and on Thursday the reported NHL partner for Chris Hansen’s SODO arena proposal back out. Now it’s a three-way race to try to get an ...
Tukwila arena proposal filed, Ray Bartoszek leads the charge
The long rumored Tukwila arena proposal is finally a reality. As Ray Bartoszek has started to submit paperwork to the city.
Seattle mayor says arena FEIS is due on May 7th, NHL first option is real possibility
Seattle mayor Ed Murray has set a due date of May 7th for the environmental impact statement, and that he would be behind a reasonable NHL first MOU amendment.
PODCAST: Our interview with SonicsRising author Paul Rogers
We discussed the potentia Tukwila arena, as well as comments made by the NBA commissioner with SonicsRising author Paul Rogers in our latest podcast.
Chris Daniels is reporting Seattle mayor Murray met with NHL and NBA commissioners
King 5's Chris Daniels is reporting that Seattle mayor Ed Murray met with the commissioners of the NBA and NHL.
ESPN’s Simmons has a conspiracy theory about the Bucks
The Bucks future in Milwaukee is in doubt. Grantland's Bill Simmons has an interesting conspiracy theory about what the NBA wants with the franchise.
According to a report: NHL to expand to Seattle, Quebec City, Las Vegas, and Toronto by 2017
Howard Bloom of Sports Business news is reporting that the NHL is going to be expanding to Seattle, Quebec City, Las Vegas, and Toronto by 2017. According to Bloom, the expansion fee for all four franchises would total $1.4 billion — an average of $350 million per franchise. NHL expansion – four teams added by ...
The NHL Commissioner reportedly flew to Seattle to get an update on the SODO Arena
The NHL to Seattle rumors that Seattle Times investigative reporter Geoff Baker started a month ago received a major boost on Tues. March 13th; when King 5 reporter Chris Daniels broke the story that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettmand and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly flew to Seattle to meet with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King Country ...
Will the Sonics be back by 2017?
The Seattle SuperSonics haven’t existed since the original franchise relocated to Oklahoma City following the 2007-08 season. But the fan base still exist, and is still fighting to get its team back; and it seemed like only the fans were the ones fighting to get the team back. That is until Chris Hansen showed up ...
