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Measuring the sustained success of expansion franchises is… difficult.
So you have an expansion team. Your inaugural season has now come and gone. All of the hoopla and excitement that comes with playing in front of your home fans for the first time after years of anticipation has passed. Unless your expansion team is called the Vegas Golden Knights, you probably stunk this past […]
Comparing Schedules of Dual and Single Anchor Tenant Arenas
Last week, ESPN published an opinion piece on where each of the professional sports leagues in North America should and would expand next. In the piece, Kevin Windhorst asserts that there are possible issues about the NBA moving into a redeveloped KeyArena citing concerns over revenue streams for a potential NBA franchise. I found it […]
Skanska-Hunt tagged by NHL Seattle, OVG to Build New Seattle Center Arena
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – The prospect of an NHL franchise landing in Seattle took another step forward Tuesday as the Oak View Group and NHL Seattle named a general contractor for the redevelopment of the Seattle Center Arena. In a press conference held at the Labor Temple in Belltown, it was announced that Skanska-Hunt, […]
Golden Knights D-Man Shea Theodore Talks Vegas, the Stanley Cup, and NHL in Seattle
By Andy Eide There’s under ten minutes to go in the third period during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. The score is knotted at four goals apiece and the Vegas faithful packed into T-Moble Arena are testing their collective nerves. Golden Knights’ defenseman Shea Theodore gets the puck at the blue line and […]
Weekend Reading, Listening, and Viewing 2018-06-29
Here is a list of content that I found insightful or just enjoyable over the last 7 days. Local Seattle Center Arena Redevelopment Design Commission Presentation – A few weeks old, but this flew under the radar. A 95 page OVG presentation to the Seattle Design Commission on 2018-06-21 on the Seattle Center Arena redevelopment. Snohomish County […]
“Side deals” will be more difficult for Seattle franchise to swing
One of the most magical rides in sports history finally came to a crashing halt in the Stanley Cup Final when the Vegas Golden Knights—in their first season in NHL existence—finally fell to the mightier Washington Capitals. From a Seattle perspective, the unfathomable trip Vegas went on to find itself just one step short of […]
Seattle is ahead of Vegas NHL timeline
We will not hear about the Seattle application from the NHL Board of Governors meeting next week. Gary Bettman made that perfectly clear when he addressed the media before the Stanley Cup Final began a couple weeks ago. “The fact is and I know there has been a lot of speculation that somehow there is […]
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