OVG Open House Saturday 10/28
As a lot of you are probably aware, the Oak View Group is hosting a Design Open House on the Seattle Center Arena this Saturday at the Cornish Playhouse in Seattle Center. Event goes from 10am to 2pm. Sign up here if you are interested. It is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the […]
An open letter to Chris Hansen: Please openly endorse the Seattle Center Arena Plan
Dear Mr. Hansen, I’ve been attending your rallies, participating at City and County Council meetings, and supporting your efforts online for the better part of the last 6 years. I was at the unfortunate Occidental Street vacation vote. And, like a lot of Sonics and hockey fans in the area, I was devastated by the […]
Organizational Structure of Seattle Center Arena
There has been some dialogue on how the Seattle Center Arena plan can attract both the NBA and NHL in relation to the organizational structure of the plan. A few people claim there isn’t enough money to go around to lure two major sports anchor tenants. With that said, I researched the organizational structure of […]
Seattle Center Arena MOU submitted to City Council
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the redevelopment of a fully compliant NBA/NHL and music events arena was submitted to the Seattle City Council today which should be viewed as a huge step toward attracting an NHL team. Both Chris Daniels and Geoff Baker did a great job covering the story, but I will highlight […]
Hansen’s ‘Hail Mary’
Yesterday the Hansen Group threw up a ‘Hail Mary’ by sending a letter to the Seattle City Council on a possible redevelopment plan of their own for KeyArena. As I’ve said in previous posts, the three main challenges for SoDo is the lack of money, no NHL partner, and political support inside and outside city […]
SoDo is Dead
I know there are a lot of folks that wanted to see the SoDo site be the location of Seattle’s arena to host NHL and NBA teams, but the door seems to have been closed indefinitely as the City of Seattle shared that they will not be re-voting on the Occidental Street Vacation that the […]
A couple podcasts and YouTube video
Just a quick note that I made appearances on a couple podcast over the last two weeks to talk hockey and arenas. If you are like me and itching for any and all hockey news out of Seattle, this might help fill the void because things are pretty quiet right now. Hockey talk in Seattle […]
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