@RW_Savage@Art_Thiel But @SeattleCouncil OVG is “totally private-no Public subsidy or funds”. LOL no wonder you want to vote so fast before the public catches on. With public hearings with hardly anyone in attendance not like SoDo. this will come back to bite you if you don’t remove the exclusivity
@sallybagshaw I wonder why your SLU “traffic” experience is so different from most of ours? Even going to a Storm game, with 1/2 the attendees of a Sonics game ... traffic and parking are tiresome
@AaronQ13Fox I think it became clear at the last hearing that it doesn’t matter what we think. @SeattleCouncil has their mind made up to give all the keys to the City to OVG. Let’s see where we are in a year - I bet they will regret they didn’t pass the amendment denying exclusivity
@Shman@SeattleP@anpsince83@NHLtoSeattle@BillWixey@sonicsrising Not dead yet. Let’s see how Key Arena EIS and actual construction go! If they happen and stay on target and Bonderman doesn’t kick the bucket ... maybe we get an NBA in 2025... if any of that falls apart SoDo is there!
NEW: The SODO Arena Group releases an analysis of the Oak View MOU for #KeyArena, claiming the private financing will be paid back with $465 million in public funds/“subsidy,” not incl $$ the City is technically sacrificing from a naming rights deal as a city-owned asset
@BringBackSonics @bre_stewart30 That’s a TL narrative to push Hansen out of the way. 5 years to expansion ... but relocation can happen at any time w any of 3 financially strapped teams
@ChrisDaniels5@MLorenaGonzalez what happens to the workers at the Key while it is being renovated -job loss? Does OVG compensate them and promise rehire? And what happens to the Key at the end of 39 yrs/ Lease is OVG responsible for future renov/teardown at city’s request? ArenaCo was in SoDo
@sonicsrising I still think they should approve the MOU and OCC St Vacation then see what happens. But make sure since city owns the site that at th end of the lease OVG or responsible for removal or future reno