Is this where all the Sacramento Farkers out themselves?

This is a bit of a different situation. The ESC is going to be the center piece of a brand new development. The plan is to revitalize a part of the city that has been a wasteland due to railway pollution. The best way for the city to make money is to get people to come out of the suburbs. Without a downtown arena, and a easy way to get there on public transportation there are very few reasons for people to commute. This hopefully will change that.

Not to mention that this will not cost the city anything out of the general fund, and they will be getting 2-5% of all ticket revenue from the arena. The city will also own the arena, though they will be leasing the operating proceeds to AEG.

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Wow... I would have sworn the Maloofs would balk at their part of the money

/wonder what ol' Kevin gave them?
//or maybe I don't want to know

Apparently George is pissed, but Joe and Gavin are happy. The Maloofs get to refinance their loan with the city, and they get a cut of parking revenue for Kings games.

Either Stern scared them straight, or they plan on selling right before the new arena opens.

Why do you insist on taking a team its community wants? I'll give Seattle $2.37 if they take the Bobcats.

Haha, it's funny when Excremento pretends its a real city.

Cool - keep 'em. I'm not thrilled about yet another "rich guy emporium" here in Seattle.

Am I the only one thinking NHL?

/go Blues!

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F*CK. YOU. There are about 2 million damns being given here in the Sacramento region.

You have to understand. Many socially-inept supernerds like to be contrarians,and to pretend that their anti-social opinions represent the norm. It's just a defense mechanism. No worries. Congrats!

zez: Am I the only one thinking NHL?

/go Blues!

The guys in Seattle trying to build a new arena already did. They want both.

I hope Seattle gets an NHL team. The fans deserve it.

/ just so the Pens can beat them in game 7, in a sub-par series

iron_city_ap: I hope Seattle gets an NHL team. The fans deserve it.

/ just so the Pens can beat them in game 7, in a sub-par series

I wouldn't mind a hockey team - it'd be nice, if only to get the Bruins here once in a great while. The NBA can suck it, however.

Screw the NBA. We want NHL here in Seattle. At least, speaking for the people that I know.

I don't like basketball, and I like the Kings even less because here in Sac, they preempt Sharks hockey on CSN when the games coincide.

That said, I'm glad the Kings are staying here in Sacramento. It makes us less of a cow town.

(Though, we go the River Cats, which is awesome if you like Triple-A baseball)

And, regarding the SuperSonics, I think it was the outrage at how the team was moved seemingly at a whim that caused the NBA to be more reluctant to teams moving.

El Brujo: Screw the NBA. We want NHL here in Seattle. At least, speaking for the people that I know.

I bet a seattle - vancouver rivalry could be amazing, not even considering the west coat teams.

Question is, what team do you currently go for and how hard would that be to break?

/people in St. Louis, MO still root for the Arizona Cardinals

zez: El Brujo: Screw the NBA. We want NHL here in Seattle. At least, speaking for the people that I know.

I bet a seattle - vancouver rivalry could be amazing, not even considering the west coat teams.

Question is, what team do you currently go for and how hard would that be to break?

/people in St. Louis, MO still root for the Arizona Cardinals

Blackhawks. So, I already love rooting against Luongo and the Sedin sisters! But I haven't lived in Chicago in years (plus the Hawks lost me for a long time there during the Bill Wirtz' blackout years, so I'm kind of a reborn fan). I'd totally support a Seattle team.

/But I only have one NFL allegiance.

I'm from Sac. When my parents took me to my first Kings game, the first thing I asked them "Should I bring a book?"

/this was in the late 80's in case that makes the joke any funnier

Ok ok, im glad sacramento is keeping their team but fu(king seriously? 250 million of the 325 *Edit* 387 million dollar arena is being funded by the city and your dipshiats think that is a good thing?!?!?!?!?!?! Seriously?!?!?!?!? I saw what they promised to do but do you actually believe they'll do it?????? Gimmie a break.



//LOUD REACTION TO HALF READ ARTICLE!

/ Hot.

Shakes999: Ok ok, im glad sacramento is keeping their team but fu(king seriously? 250 million of the 325 *Edit* 387 million dollar arena is being funded by the city and your dipshiats think that is a good thing?!?!?!?!?!?! Seriously?!?!?!?!? I saw what they promised to do but do you actually believe they'll do it?????? Gimmie a break.



//LOUD REACTION TO HALF READ ARTICLE!

Ballpark Village in St Louis

FormlessOne: iron_city_ap: I hope Seattle gets an NHL team. The fans deserve it.

/ just so the Pens can beat them in game 7, in a sub-par series

I wouldn't mind a hockey team - it'd be nice, if only to get the Bruins here once in a great while. The NBA can suck it, however.

All joking aside, it really boggles my mind that Seattle doesn't have an NHL team.

iron_city_ap: FormlessOne: iron_city_ap: I hope Seattle gets an NHL team. The fans deserve it.

/ just so the Pens can beat them in game 7, in a sub-par series

I wouldn't mind a hockey team - it'd be nice, if only to get the Bruins here once in a great while. The NBA can suck it, however.

All joking aside, it really boggles my mind that Seattle doesn't have an NHL team.

get out of the thread

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F*CK. YOU. There are about 2 million damns being given here in the Sacramento region.

Over half of Sacrementans are Lakers fans. The River Cats outdraw the Kings on any given night where they overlap, and have done for years. shiatty owners, sure, but there's no intrinsic reason why Sacramento deserves good ones.

.Why Would I Read the Article: Haha, it's funny when Excremento pretends its a real city.

Oh, so very much this.

/Glad I left.
//Should have done it years earlier

El Brujo: We want NHL here in Seattle. At least, speaking for the people that I know.

As a Portlander, if the Sabres played Seattle every year I'd be more likely to go to that than a Chargers vs Seahawks game. First of all, hockey's just better, and second of all, the Seahawks charge too damn much.

Why does the NBA keep going after cities that actually like their teams? At least the NFL stopped doing that after the Colts, Oilers, and Browns (but God damn, the Texans should be called the Oilers, the Ravens should be called the Colts, and Indy should have made up its own damn name!).

TheJoe03: Why does the NBA keep going after cities that actually like their teams? At least the NFL stopped doing that after the Colts, Oilers, and Browns (but God damn, the Texans should be called the Oilers, the Ravens should be called the Colts, and Indy should have made up its own damn name!).

I have cheddar, a truffalo, and a goat milk mozzarella. Which one do you want to go with that?

Oh boy! Predetermined Thugball moving downtown. And I get to pay for it!!!!

/I don't want to live in this city anymore

They're still the Rochester Royals to me.

davidphogan: I have cheddar, a truffalo, and a goat milk mozzarella. Which one do you want to go with that?

Beer? The only one I was actually hurt by was the Oilers moving to bumfark Nashville (while that Bud Adams assclown took the name and history and then changed the name to the Titans!). Houston should be the Oilers not the Texans! So yeah, I would like some beer with that cheese.

Also, I know Sac-town people and they love their Kings despite them sucking constantly. The Maloofs and Stern are just a bunch of douches, that's almost an objective scientific fact.

Not a done deal yet. There just isn't the need for state of the art corporate boxes in Sac, the downtown location is a logistic nightmare and most music arena tours skip Sac for reasons completely unrelated to Arco. It just makes far more sense for a big act to book an extra night in the Bay that's guaranteed to sell out, then to break down,drive an hour and set up again to play for a 3/4 full house. All my life we've driven to SF/Oakland for shows and nobody thinks twice about it. And as for smaller shows, a band that will sell out Slim's or the Great American will pull 20 people at Harlow's on a Tuesday. The only venue that ever pulled in Sac was The Cattle Club and even then their capacity was only 250 or so and Jerry Perry was miles ahead of the curve as far as booking went. Most bands don't play San Jose and SF either. It's one or the other. And the idea alot of basketball attendees will either get a hotel room in Sac or stay downtown and drink is a pipe dream, anyone that has to drive will leave right after the game to go back to their locals instead of staying and running the DUI gauntlet. And who goes out to dinner before a 7:30 tip off? And the hipsters that drive the midtown bar scene in Sac could give a rat's ass about basketball and certainly aren't going to welcome a bunch of jock sniffers into their hangouts after the games. This arena just isn't needed.

Yeah well there is something to be said about a city having a pro franchise and believe me, no other league (that matters aka NFL, MLB, NHL) is coming to that town. I guess Sacramento doesn't mind going back to full cow town status.

You deserve all the Maloofs you can get, Sacramento.

/Maloof it up some more.

TheJoe03: Yeah well there is something to be said about a city having a pro franchise and believe me, no other league (that matters aka NFL, MLB, NHL) is coming to that town. I guess Sacramento doesn't mind going back to full cow town status.

Except for the midtown scene which is actually decent, cheap rent and a ton of bars and eateries within easy walking distance, the only thing Sac has is location. An hour to the bay area, an hour and a half to Tahoe, an hour ish to Napa etc. Although the rivers and delta are pretty sweet if you have a boat.

Good for you guys, Sacramento. I'm really curious to see what happens with Chris Hansen and Seattle now. (Not the "have a seat over there" Chris Hansen. The "random millionaire who bought a bunch of land to make an arena in the SODO district" Chris Hansen). It's my understanding that the NBA isn't going to be expanding any time soon, so the only way to get a team is to get one from another city.

zez: El Brujo: Screw the NBA. We want NHL here in Seattle. At least, speaking for the people that I know.

I bet a seattle - vancouver rivalry could be amazing, not even considering the west coat teams.

Question is, what team do you currently go for and how hard would that be to break?

Add me to the "Meh" on the NBA but "yay" on the NHL camp.

The local sports radio talk has been about the Phoenix Coyotes, but a quick bit of googling deems that unlikely.

Some Beer Snob:
The local sports radio talk has been about the Phoenix Coyotes, but a quick bit of googling deems that unlikely.

They should bring the Islanders out here. Wouldn't even have to change the team name.

I can't get too upset about this. I didn't want the Maloofs hanging around here, but it's hard to get pissed at them actually getting a project approved, even if it wasn't financed the way it should have been (aside: "I'll have to pay for it HURRR" only applies if you park at the arena or buy tickets, which you can easily avoid). The railyards are a useless dump at the moment; having an arena there will be an improvement, plus I'll have something to look at from my office window.

The thing that burns my ass is that this means Kevin Johnson is sure to be reelected.