Ruminator wrote:I know there's a lot of opposition to anything fish, but if you look at the Ryan Muraro 2011 Seattle Sockeyes mock-up (several posts prior to this), I love the colors and the sockeye looks badass. But again, the colors -- they are BOLD and AGGRESSIVE.

Kraken would be an interesting name, but if you compare Muraro's reddish-orange, green, and blue Sockeyes kit mock-up to Josh Crookston's blue/green/white Kraken kit mock-up, I think you'll readily see that the latter looks incredibly tame in comparison.

twisted_steel2 wrote:The Sockeye mock-up does look good, but agree with the too much red.

Hard to get red into a team from the PNW. Maybe were just so used to blues, greens and greys.

Bobblehead wrote:

twisted_steel2 wrote:The Sockeye mock-up does look good, but agree with the too much red.

Hard to get red into a team from the PNW. Maybe were just so used to blues, greens and greys.

Arn't spawning sockeye red?

twisted_steel2 wrote:The Sockeye mock-up does look good, but agree with the too much red.

Hard to get red into a team from the PNW. Maybe were just so used to blues, greens and greys.

DJrmb wrote:

Bobblehead wrote:

twisted_steel2 wrote:The Sockeye mock-up does look good, but agree with the too much red.

Hard to get red into a team from the PNW. Maybe were just so used to blues, greens and greys.

Arn't spawning sockeye red?

So then we'd be a pregnant fish? Uhh, no thanks...

dopeboy206 wrote:I don't mind red. Why does everything in Seattle has to be blue or green? Those are kinda played out to me.


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DHawk wrote:Love the Aviators! Would like to see some different color schemes for it too. Wow!

Yeah I'd personally like to see the Action Green worked in a bit from the Seahawks/Sounders colors. Not a lot just enough as a statement of unity...

IndyHawk wrote:

dopeboy206 wrote:I don't mind red. Why does everything in Seattle has to be blue or green? Those are kinda played out to me.


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[b][/b The only thing red in Seattle is when red tide happens.
Red is for the Cardinals,Reds and Red Sox ect.

m0ng0 wrote:you guys are so cute, you are going to spend 600m to gold plate a dumpster? has anyone committed to paying the expansion/application fee yet?

Bobblehead wrote:Can't they get it earlier and just play in Portland or BC for a year.. like some other franchises have done in the past?

twisted_steel2 wrote:

m0ng0 wrote:you guys are so cute, you are going to spend 600m to gold plate a dumpster? has anyone committed to paying the expansion/application fee yet?

Yea, the expansion application is for the David Bonderman and Jerry Bruckheimer ownership group. It's not an open application, its specifically for that group. So I assume they'll be paying it once awarded the expansion franchise.

IndyHawk wrote:

twisted_steel2 wrote:

m0ng0 wrote:you guys are so cute, you are going to spend 600m to gold plate a dumpster? has anyone committed to paying the expansion/application fee yet?

Yea, the expansion application is for the David Bonderman and Jerry Bruckheimer ownership group. It's not an open application, its specifically for that group. So I assume they'll be paying it once awarded the expansion franchise.

So the people in the state of Washington and King County taxpayers will not have to pay for anything but tickets to watch games correct?

Sgt. Largent wrote:

IndyHawk wrote:

twisted_steel2 wrote:

m0ng0 wrote:you guys are so cute, you are going to spend 600m to gold plate a dumpster? has anyone committed to paying the expansion/application fee yet?

Yea, the expansion application is for the David Bonderman and Jerry Bruckheimer ownership group. It's not an open application, its specifically for that group. So I assume they'll be paying it once awarded the expansion franchise.

So the people in the state of Washington and King County taxpayers will not have to pay for anything but tickets to watch games correct?

Yep, and tens of millions for traffic mitigation.

http://www.king5.com/article/news/local ... -473972650

As much as I was rooting for Hansen, give Lieweke and the OVG group credit. They understood the political situation, came in and kicked some serious ass to get this done.

Davenport — a best-selling author based in Western Washington — has filed to trademark the name “Seattle Sockeyes,” as well as for another fictional football team she writes about, the “Seattle Steelheads.” She’s also written about a “Seattle Skookums” baseball team. But she has only filed to protect the name in her books — it won’t prevent a sports team from using the title.

Last week, DetroitHockey.net reported that someone who apparently works for OVG registered 38 website domains with 13 possible team names: Cougars, Eagles, Emeralds, Evergreens, Firebirds, Kraken, Rainiers, Renegades, Sea Lions, Seals, Sockeyes, Totems and Whales. The team's potential name has become one of the hottest topics in town, igniting a mad dash for rights.

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

Sgt. Largent wrote:

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

Yeah the Kings is the only part of this that irritates me.

That's tone deaf on Silver and the NBA's part, to think we'd embrace a pre-season game with the team the league did their best to block coming here.

Durant and the Warriors I understand, we love KD.

I say we sell out the place with everyone wearing Sonics gear, and just scream Go Sonics for 48 minutes ignoring the game entirely.

chris98251 wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

Yeah the Kings is the only part of this that irritates me.

That's tone deaf on Silver and the NBA's part, to think we'd embrace a pre-season game with the team the league did their best to block coming here.

Durant and the Warriors I understand, we love KD.

I say we sell out the place with everyone wearing Sonics gear, and just scream Go Sonics for 48 minutes ignoring the game entirely.

Ahh better yet start the Super and other side of the arena Sonics Cheer.

Crizilla wrote:Something about it just doesnt look NBA/NHL standard still. We needed the full blown separate brand spankin' new arena.

Crizilla wrote:Something about it just doesnt look NBA/NHL standard still. We needed the full blown separate brand spankin' new arena.

chris98251 wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

Yeah the Kings is the only part of this that irritates me.

That's tone deaf on Silver and the NBA's part, to think we'd embrace a pre-season game with the team the league did their best to block coming here.

Durant and the Warriors I understand, we love KD.

I say we sell out the place with everyone wearing Sonics gear, and just scream Go Sonics for 48 minutes ignoring the game entirely.

Ahh better yet start the Super and other side of the arena Sonics Cheer.

Sgt. Largent wrote:

chris98251 wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

chris98251 wrote:They could do it in Kent or Everett or HEC ED or what used to be called Hec Ed Pavillion.

The Kings? Really the ones that held out and held out on a buy out and flipped the bird at Seattle when we tried to buy them initially or Hansen I should say, Is the NBA and Seattle City Council doing a double bird flip to Hansen and the Sonic fans here?

Yeah the Kings is the only part of this that irritates me.

That's tone deaf on Silver and the NBA's part, to think we'd embrace a pre-season game with the team the league did their best to block coming here.

Durant and the Warriors I understand, we love KD.

I say we sell out the place with everyone wearing Sonics gear, and just scream Go Sonics for 48 minutes ignoring the game entirely.

Ahh better yet start the Super and other side of the arena Sonics Cheer.

I actually do think this is going to happen.

There's a LOT of pissed off We Want our Sonics Back fans that are going to make this game their rally cry to let the league know they aren't going away until we get our team back.

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:So yesterday Bonderman and Bruckheimer said that they also want to own an NBA team on top of NHL. Having the same owners probably helps with any scheduling issues between the two leagues and one of them is already a minority owner of the Celtics so has the connections. Given the random NBA preseason game that has just been scheduled, is it likely something is happening behind the scenes with the NBA. Expand to us and Mexico city?

I doubt they would have hinted at the NBA yesterday unless there was something. possibly happening.

Does this also kill SODO and Chris Hansens attempted completely? If so, I wonder what happens to all the SODO land...it certainly won't be going to the port unless the city make him sell it.

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:website down already?

Sgt. Largent wrote:

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:website down already?

It's back up

https://www.nhlseattle.com/

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:website down already?

It's back up

https://www.nhlseattle.com/

Apparently its really slow and they are telling people to use the ticketmaster app. Good sign that there's at least demand.

Sgt. Largent wrote:

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:website down already?

It's back up

https://www.nhlseattle.com/

Apparently its really slow and they are telling people to use the ticketmaster app. Good sign that there's at least demand.

I swear they do this on purpose, so that when the nightly news and national sports media talks about it they can say "OMG SO MANY PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET TICKETS THE SITE CRASHED!!!"

It's good PR.

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

Glasgow Seahawk wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:
It's back up

https://www.nhlseattle.com/

Apparently its really slow and they are telling people to use the ticketmaster app. Good sign that there's at least demand.

I swear they do this on purpose, so that when the nightly news and national sports media talks about it they can say "OMG SO MANY PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET TICKETS THE SITE CRASHED!!!"

It's good PR.

https://twitter.com/FarhanLaljiTSN/stat ... 9618706432

If true...wow

SeatownJay wrote:This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one familiar with Seattle area politics, but a group of local property owners are looking to challenge the Key Arena renovation plan.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/no- ... enovation/

Sports Hernia wrote:

SeatownJay wrote:This should come as a surprise to absolutely no one familiar with Seattle area politics, but a group of local property owners are looking to challenge the Key Arena renovation plan.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/no- ... enovation/

Won’t let me past the paywall.

Is it the AstroTurf group “Citizens with nothing better to do”? Led by Chris Van Dyke (aka Van Dick).

Seattle Times wrote:In a wide-ranging, 17-page letter, Seattle land-use lawyer Courtney Kaylor, representing the owners of the Expo and Astro apartment complexes, writes that a draft version of the EIS “is replete with incomplete and inconsistent statements’’ and should be “revised and republished and subject to additional public comment.’’

Kaylor argues that since KeyArena is city-owned, the EIS should treat it as a “public project” requiring the examination of alternative arena sites under state law. The failure to do that alternative-site study, she adds, means the process “is therefore inadequate on its face.’’