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Canucks game and Bender-Spooner Skate
A couple things going on over the next few weeks: Canucks this Friday Give away!!! I will be giving away 2 tickets to the Canucks-Tampa Bay Lightning game this coming Friday, the 16th of December. Simply enter your information here and I will be giving away the tickets at the end of the day on […]
Russell Wilson joins SoDo Group
Russell Wilson…yes Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, has joined the Hansen Group in pursuit of the Arena in Sodo. Yesterday afternoon, Wilson announced it in twitter. I’m excited to announce I’ve partnered w/ the Sonics Arena Group to help bring the @NBA & @NHL to the best fan base in the world. Seattle. — Russell […]
Game Changer in SoDo?
Roughly 6 months ago, the Seattle City Council declined the street vacation request by Chris Hansen by a vote of 5-4 that would have cleared the last governmental hurdle for the SoDo arena to become a reality. As you may recall, council members cited the amount of public financing as their reason for rejecting the […]
USA Hockey numbers are up
Continuing the steady growth of USA hockey memberships, the 2015-16 season saw close to 2% over last year. This is according to the USA Hockey Membership report released last week. Specifically in youth participation, which is a strong indicator of overall growth in the sport, USA Hockey has seen increases in participation while other sports are seeing declines in […]
Report: NHL expanding to Vegas
I imagine that everyone has heard this already but just in case you missed it. Based on a report out of the AP yesterday, the NHL intends to award Las Vegas an NHL franchise, provided they can come up with the $500M expansion fee. Worst kept secret This should not come as a surprise to anyone […]
Surprisingly busy week in NHL to Seattle news
A few events happened this week that might have a peripheral impact to Seattle’s NHL expansion hopes down the road. First, let me be clear and set appropriate expectations. Seattle is not part of the current expansion process and will not get awarded a team any time soon. The league is evaluating two different NHL […]
Is Seattle’s SoDo arena dead?
The short answer is ‘Yes, SoDo arena is dead.’ As many of you know by now the Seattle City Council rejected the Occidental Street vacation in the SoDo district. This was largely thought to be the final hurdle in a 4-year process for Chris Hansen to have a shovel-ready arena site just south of Safeco […]
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