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SoDo Arena Update: Hansen Speaks
SoDo land owner and prospective NBA franchise owner in Seattle, Chris Hansen, made news today when he spoke to a couple of local media outlets today. This morning he spoke to local AP reporter, Tim Booth, and this afternoon he jumped on the Dave Softy Mahler show on KJR. The executive summary of his message […]
The FEIS and what’s next
As scheduled, the Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Seattle Arena was released Thursday morning and as expected, the results were favorable. This news is being picked up everywhere but the most thorough article came locally from Chris Daniels and Geoff Baker. Chris Daniel’s Article here. Geoff Baker’s article is here. The Puget Sound Business Journal […]
How Tukwila Stacks Up
Full disclosure: This is somewhat recycled content but wanted to update some of the maps I have done with the news from yesterday. Population As most of you know, the bulk of the population is located in Seattle and the East Side (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish). The Tukwila site is roughly equal distance for the two locations. […]
Seattle Mayor Murray chimes in
Quick post this morning. I thought it was important to share this statement from Seattle Mayor Ed Murray. Great to see such a commitment from the Mayor’s office. It is going to get really noisy over the next couple months as I expect to hear from Chris Hansen and/or Victor Coleman over the next couple weeks […]
Quick hits for February 24th
There have been several items of interest posted over the last 5 days. Nothing too groundbreaking but if you want to make sure you are as current as possible, here is your Tuesday reading and listening material. NHL to Seattle News: Craig Custance, Senior writer from ESPN the Magazine wrote this fair and balanced article on his trip […]
Breaking down the 3 arena options
In case you missed it, Gary Bettman mentioned Tukwila and Bellevue as potential sites for an NHL arena in the Seattle Area on a radio interview in Vancouver. Stick tap goes to Paul Rogers, from SonicsRising.com, for covering the news ahead of our more traditional media outlets. Geoff Baker from the Seattle Times then published […]
2014 in NHL to Seattle news
January 1st Ed Murray is sworn in as the new mayor of Seattle. During his campaign, Murray pledge to support the current arena MOU but he is not as big of an advocate as the prior Mayor Mike McGinn. January 30th While sitting on a panel and speaking to students, the Winnipeg Jets Chairman says […]
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