Sacramento Kings Ownership Showdown in NYC
As most of you know, yesterday was the big showdown pitch meetings between Seattle and Sacramento for the Kings. As expected, we didn’t get much as meetings were behind closed doors and Stern did show his cards. I watched most of the three press conferences and here are the major things that I took away that […]
Sacramento Arena term sheet thoughts…
Everyone should know by now that a prerequisite to Seattle getting an NHL team is getting an NBA team. Hence the focus on the Sacramento Kings situation. As you may or may not know, Kevin Johnson announced that he had come to terms on a new arena deal with prospective owners of the Sacramento Kings. […]
Realignment, Quebec City and SoDo Arena Renders
What a day! NHL approves realignment, Sonics ticket priority list went on sale & then the team at SonicsArena post the arena renderings with a rink. I want to focus on the NHL realignment. Yes, yes, things look good for Seattle for expansion with the lopsided divisions but I don’t think the league would tip […]
NHL Attendance Numbers for 2013
Numbers are current through the end of February. (This is a complete replica of what I posted on 3rdlinegrind.com but people keep clicking here for attendance date) Inspired by MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, I have updated my Year over Year NHL attendance figures. I am going to make this short and sweet. League attendance […]
Big day on landing an NHL team in Seattle….
Okay okay we are a long way from getting an NHL team in Seattle but we cleared another major road block today. The Lawsuit filed by the ILUW was thrown out by a Washington State judge today. Had this not been thrown out, it could have delayed progress on the arena. This could have put […]
NHL Attendance through Feb 9th
I posted the following tweats today and thought I would post them here for anyone that didn’t catch them in their timeline or are Tweeters. Through yesterday’s games compared to like games last year #NHLAttendance is up 5% #whatlockout Only 3 teams have lower attendance this year: Leafs -1%, Rangers -5% and Blues -8% TOR […]
The Wikipedia entry for the Week that was “NHL to Seattle”
This has easily been the biggest week of news on the NHL possibly coming to Seattle ever. Forbes, CBC, Globe and Mail, Sportsnet.ca & ESPN all referenced an NHL team coming to Seattle. The local coverage by KING5’s Chris Daniels and sports radio KJR has been excellent. I will post a lot of links in […]
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