Sonics/NHL/New arena thread

Sports Hernia · Feb 14, 2014

Since the old one got closed due to misbehavior.

Discuss. (Within the rules please)

m0ng0 · Feb 14, 2014

I am willing to bet that Portland will have an NHL team before Seattle :3-1:

Sports Hernia · Feb 14, 2014

I'm betting you will be wrong or partially wrong. Seattle will get a team first or they will both get a team at the same time (see expansion). Just my .05 worth though.

dunceface · Feb 14, 2014

m0ng0":26c164h0 said:
I am willing to bet that Portland will have an NHL team before Seattle :3-1:

how willing?

m0ng0 · Feb 14, 2014

name it boss

dontbelikethat · Feb 14, 2014

m0ng0":39ip0vg2 said:
name it boss

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Throwdown · Feb 15, 2014

http://seattletimes.com/html/hockey/202 ... 14xml.html

Suck on that, Portland hippies.

they want us, NOTCHYO UGLY ASSES!

m0ng0 · Feb 15, 2014

Throwdown":1t3z45mu said:
http://seattletimes.com/html/hockey/2022905302_nhlseattle14xml.html

Suck on that, Portland hippies.

they want us, NOTCHYO UGLY ASSES!

Don't get me wrong, if a team came to Seattle today I would support them 100% (too far away for season tickets of course) but its the due dillgence part that could hamsting the seattle market.

I do think this quote is quite telling:

“So, we think the possibility is there. It’s kind of more obvious than some of the other areas. It doesn’t mean we’ve done our due diligence. We’d need to satisfy ourselves on the marketplace, but just the objective factors around the marketplace suggest Seattle would be a good hockey market.”

CPHawk · Feb 15, 2014

Word out of Portland was that if the Coyotes had moved, Paul Allen was ready to buy them. Seattle is a bigger market, but Allen has the most money and ready right now arena. It will be interesting to see what they do.

Smelly McUgly · Feb 15, 2014

We need the arena, but we can't get it without relying on the NBA.

The NBA being a blocker for me having a NHL team to root for just proves that, no matter that I stopped watching their crappy product six years ago, they still are irritating the crap out of me.

If I had a billion dollars, the first thing I would do is feed hungry people. The second thing I would do is build a hockey-only arena in the Seattle area.

Throwdown · Feb 15, 2014

You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

Blitzer88 · Feb 15, 2014

Throwdown":3fgndur6 said:
You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

Go Mariners?

ukeface:

Throwdown · Feb 15, 2014

Blitzer88":2x33hte3 said:
Throwdown":2x33hte3 said:

You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

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Go Mariners? ukeface:

Take that back!

Blitzer88 · Feb 15, 2014

Throwdown":13agu798 said:
Blitzer88":13agu798 said:

Throwdown":13agu798 said:

You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

Click to expand...

Go Mariners? ukeface:

Click to expand...

Take that back!

Wait....why? I thought you were dissing the M's? I was in agreement if that was what you were doing. I'm so confused! :240039:

Throwdown · Feb 16, 2014

I was, I honestly don't know what's going on anymore.

I hate the Mariners, Safeco should be an arena

Smelly McUgly · Feb 16, 2014

Throwdown":3kd3ptlc said:
You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

But wouldn't re-structuring the deal mean that it has to go back through the whole process with City Council, and now Ed Murray's in office and the Council won't be as friendly?

I wish the hockey arena was untethered from the basketball arena because we would have had an NHL team yesterday. Expansion to Seattle and Portland would happen in about two seconds in that scenario.

Throwdown · Feb 16, 2014

The new mayor wouldn't have to deal with it, just the council where votes haven't really changed. One no vote got changed out for that socialist lady who'd still probably vote no, nothing would really change either in a restructure other than a sum coming from the NHL team owner, and a date that would have shovels in the ground would be sooner than later after the EIS whenever the hell that's done.

If Bellevue wasn't talking out both sides of its mouth, we probably would have a hockey arena already, but Bellevue says it wants an arena, but doesn't want to put any money into it. It just doesn't work like that.

grizbob · Feb 18, 2014

Thanks for getting my thread locked before the question was answered ya hockey pucks. :roll:

Could not possibly care any less about the NHL, but would sure like to see the Sonics back to help close the gap of the NFL off season.

IndyHawk · Feb 19, 2014

Throwdown":3ez81ki4 said:
You don't exactly need the NBA anymore, the deal can be restructured so that the owner of a NHL team puts in some doe to get the arena built and some of the financial burden gets taken off H/B/N/W who are all hopeful NBA owners.

I really don't know which sport comes first, I think both will come though.

God knows we need it, we don't all want to be stuck with the Mariners struggling to score one run a game do we?

I'm for the NHL big time and if an arena can be built without killing the Seattle taxpayers..Great...Then in time I suppose there may be a way for NBA..I would hate
that part but if majority rules then so be it ..

Throwdown · Feb 19, 2014

It'd still be bonds for the city, and then Hansen pays em back through use of the building. Seattles taxpayers are well protected, you only pay for the arena if you visit it

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