Breaking News: Seattle City Passes New Sonics Arena Deal

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Bill gates need to get on that then.

Bill doesn't care about sports unless it involves fly fishing. He's a philanthropist working towards saving the world. Plus, Paul Allen can't own 2 teams in the same league.

Larry Ellison is their last hope
 

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Chris Hansen, who led this whole proposal, has already said he will buy a team. 500 million was the figure, I think. Will that get it done?

Balmer is also part of the investment group, along with the Nordstrom brothers.
 

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Seattle could have a team next year playing in Key Arena while a stadium gets built. The money is all there now with Chris Hansen, Steve Ballmer, and the Nordstrom brothers. Paul Allen won't be touching this as he owns the Blazers. Bill Gates has all the money and could buy the NBA, but he's curing cancer and making the world a better place. Can't fault the guy for that.

Rumor last week was that Wayne Gretzky was in town talking about a hockey team here. His party of course denied it.
 

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Chris Hansen, who led this whole proposal, has already said he will buy a team. 500 million was the figure, I think. Will that get it done?

Balmer is also part of the investment group, along with the Nordstrom brothers.

That's not a bad group tbh. Nordstrom is deep seeded in the Northwest so that's a good look.

I'm rooting for Seattle. It's a beautiful area as I've been to Bellevue on a number of occasion.
 

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:mjpls: i believe it when i see it

bureaucracy capital of the world
 

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fukk that shyt breh the kings were supposed to come here :to:
vancity needs a team :sadcam:
I wanna take a visit to Vancouver.. that city looks beautiful on tv and in pictures. I just don't know anybody out there. I know they got bad b*tches galore
 

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I wanna take a visit to Vancouver.. that city looks beautiful on tv and in pictures. I just don't know anybody out there. I know they got bad b*tches galore

It is beautiful. You really should hit up Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver all at once. Seattle is 3 hours north of Portland and 3 hours south of Vancouver so it's easy to see all in a few days. Portland has no sales tax, more breweries than any other city, and more strip clubs per capita. Seattle has two of the best staudiums for sporting events, good food and shopping. Vancouver has the same beauty, but it's a bigger city with a more international feel. August is the best month to come to the Northwest.
 

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It is beautiful. You really should hit up Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver all at once. Seattle is 3 hours north of Portland and 3 hours south of Vancouver so it's easy to see all in a few days. Portland has no sales tax, more breweries than any other city, and more strip clubs per capita. Seattle has two of the best staudiums for sporting events, good food and shopping. Vancouver has the same beauty, but it's a bigger city with a more international feel. August is the best month to come to the Northwest.
I've been to Seattle twice and Portland once.. its been a while though and I didn't step out on the town when I was there. I got family in Tacoma. I saw Griffey play at the Kingdome years ago. And as for Portland we were just passing through unfortunately -headed to Seattle. I know its a trifecta with Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, that whole Northwest area is nice. Vancouver is the only one I haven't visited. I actually need to visit all three now that I'm older
 
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