February 17, 2012 at 7:23 pm
#710525
mooch
Member
Because he grew up here and he’s still a fan of all the city’s sports, even the Sonics who have been gone for 4 years. Simple as that.
Also, even if you don’t care about sports I think you should be in favor of this arena proposal because the deal couldn’t be any sweeter. It’s mostly privately funded and all of the public money is going to be generated from the arena itself over 30 years. The investors are bearing all the risk. So if you don’t go to events at the arena, then you won’t be paying for it.
A new venue with 2 new sports franchises in SoDo would completely transform that area as there would be events taking place year-round.