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Oak View Group round up and Bettman comments on Seattle
The Oak View Group’s Tim Leiweke was in town and made a couple key stops to speak with the Seattle Times and King5’s Chris Daniels. As you might recall, the Oak View Group is one of the two expected bidders on the KeyArena redevelopment RFP that could host both an NBA or NHL team. Before […]
The homestretch for the Sodo Arena
I will cut to the chase really quickly. The SoDo Arena project has one last hurdle to be shovel ready. Here are two things you can do to help out: Sign the SonicsArena petition. Show up to the Seattle City Council public hearing on the Street Vacation at Occidental on March 15th. For a little […]
RMHC Hockey Challenge 2016
Once again I have the honor of playing in the Ronald McDonald House Hockey Challenge. This is an annual event put on by the Seattle Thunderbirds and the Ronald McDonald House of Western Washington and Alaska. If you don’t know what the Ronald McDonald House is all about, you should. The Seattle Ronald McDonald House […]
Seattle is not part of the expansion process..but we knew that already
In Gary Bettman’s annual state of the league address he said in no uncertain terms that Seattle will not be getting a team in the current expansion process. This was known and the league message has been consistent from the very beginning. This expansion process is about Quebec and Las Vegas, not Seattle. There have […]
2015 NHL to Seattle Report Card
I am giving out grades for 2015 and it is not pretty. I am optimistic on Seattle getting an NHL team but we have work to do. Last year at this time the outlook for a potential NHL franchise in Seattle was looking promising. The NHL approved Las Vegas to begin a Season Ticket drive. […]
NHL Expansion & Seattle Update
It’s been a while since I have posted anything here. I figured we all needed a cooling off period after the NHL application deadline came and passed with no Seattle applicants. It was rumored (but not confirmed) that 4 of the 16 NHL expansion application requests came from the Seattle area. The details of why […]
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 […]
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