This is the second part of my interview with Field of Schemes author Neil deMause. I recommend checking out the first part of the interview over here. ***** NVR: How do you think the City should handle the situation with Key Arena? After all Hansen’s $2-$7 million towards […]
As many of you know I am a strong supporter of Chris Hansen’s proposed SODO Arena. Not only does this deal get Seattle a NBA/NHL level arena, it has a one of the best arena deals that this state had ever seen. That being said, I feel like […]
Whether the Sonics return as an expansion franchise (preferred) or as the relocated Sacramento Kings (this would make me very sadz), it is time to take a look at the teams temporary home while the SODO Arena is getting built. A lot has been said by people about […]
The latest objection to the SODO Arena deal is that it isn’t I-91 compliant. For those of you who don’t know, Initiative-91 requires that the City of Seattle must get a “fair return” even on any arena/stadium deal it enters. I-91 was created by Public Stadium Financing Critic Van Dyk’s group, […]
Let’s be perfectly clear about something, the Key Arena is dead. And this isn’t a recent development this has been a fact of the Arena’s life since Ackerley said a new arena was needed to keep the Sonics financially viable in the early 1990s. The situation in Seattle only got worse when […]
Our coverage of the Seattle Arena is probably one of the most consistently viewed topics on this blog (what that says about our coverage of college football and other sports is not worth thinking about). It is the best Arena deal you could ask for because it offers […]
For those who want to see the Supersonics back in the Yahoo article by Adrian Wojnarowskiis a very good thing. It means that we, as Seattle sports fans, are closer to the return of the City’s first professional franchise. And by return I mean the name and a […]
The issue of the future of Key Arena has been raised many times though out the discussion surrounding Chris Hansen’s SODO Arena proposal. As people have continued to complain about the future of the remodeled Seattle Center Coliseum they have forgotten about the future of one of its […]
One of the common questions regarding the Seattle Arena is; why doesn’t the City use the $200 million dollars it is going to invest in the Seattle Arena and use it for something that actually is useful? Now there are many interesting points to this question. Especially since […]
Well the Seattle Arena has survived its biggest threat, the Seattle City Council. Yesterday it leaked out that the City Council had reached an agreement with Chris Hansen on a modified MOU. For starters I can’t believe that this actually happened. There is finally an arena deal in […]
