NHL Expansion Application is on track
A little bit of NHL to Seattle news came out of the weekend while the NHL Execs were in Tampa for the NHL all star game. NHL Expansion Application is on track Everything appears to be on track for the potential ownership group in Seattle tosubmit their application with the reported $10 Million application fee […]
Season Ticket Drive Thoughts
There is not a day that goes by that people don’t ask me about the season ticket drive. People hit me up on social media, text, email, and just about every hockey friend I run into asks me about it. I love that Seattle hockey fans are so excited about the possibility of an NHL […]
NHLtoSeattle 2017 News in Review
We entered 2017 without a whole lot going for us to bring the NHL to Seattle. SoDo Arena was largely dead and a lot of us where skeptical of a potential redevelopment of KeyArena could accommodate a sheet of ice. If you want to see how gloom it looked at the end of 2016, take a […]
KJR Roundtable – Let’s talk some hockey.
I jumped on the Dave “Softy” Mahler show on KJR with members of the Seattle Thunderbirds and Everett Silvertips to talk some hockey on sports radio in Seattle. It was fun to talk some hockey and hopefully we will see more of these opportunities. If you have any thoughts or ideas for future discussions, let […]
Seattle City Council Approves Arena Plan
The Seattle City Council has approved the Key Arena redevelopment Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oak View Group (OVG) today with a vote of 7-1. This is a MONUMENTAL milestone to bringing the NHL to Seattle. If you have been off the grid the last 6 months or just new here, OVG is planning a […]
Seattle is ready for the NBA and NHL
From Brian Robinson and John Barr Seattle’s rapid and inspiring growth over the last decade has placed our city atop many important lists. For example: Top 10 Most Livable Big Cities (Business Insider, August 2017) The fastest growing big city in the United States (US Census, 2017) The city with more construction cranes than any […]
Seattle Center Arena media coverage over the last week
Over the last week there was a lot of coverage on the Seattle Center Arena front… Tim Leiweke profile in the Seattle Times Last week, Geoff Baker had a great profile piece in the Seattle Times on Tim Leiweke. Baker goes into Leiweke’s deep and connected ties with both the NHL and the NBA. The […]
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