Thought we’d pass along this King 5 news report about the mounting efforts to get an NBA/NHL arena built in Seattle.
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For those non-basketball fans out there, the only reason the Sonics left town was the absence of a modern arena – Seattle is a fantastic hoops town. But could it be a good hockey town, too?
Among the things Seattle’s got going for it:
---- Large metro population.
---- Plenty of rich people.
---- High-profile companies like Amazon.com, Starbucks and Microsoft.
---- Close enough to draw from Portland and Vancouver.
---- “Let’s do something indoors” weather during the winter.
The question is whether enough Seattle residents like hockey to support a team.