Seattle’s City Council is on track for a September vote on whether or not to approve the third renovation of the Key Arena.
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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.