In coming weeks, the city council is set to decide between two plans for new or refurbished arenas, both of which would involve some public money, but in either case far, far less than the 7. Today, while much remains uncertain about Seattle’s hoops future-more about that in a minute-things are looking somewhat brighter on the getting- ripped- off- by- sports- barons front. Then- NBA commissioner David Sternhad declared, “If the team moves, there’s not going to be another team there, not in any conceivable future plan that I could envision.” It seemed like either Seattle fans were going to be bereft of basketball for the foreseeable future, or Seattle taxpayers were going to have to cough up big- time for a replacement team-just as Cleveland had for the new Browns, and Houston had for the Texans,and on and on in recent sports history. Oklahoma City hedge fund mogul Clay Bennett, who relocated them to Oklahoma City to become the Thunder. Sonics, Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz, had thrown a hissy fit over Washington’s refusal to gift him $2. Please download the app by clicking on the App Store image. Live matches and full match replays are unavailable on iOS and Android mobile/tablet devices via a browser. Nine years ago, Seattle’s sports scene was in about as dire circumstances as a city can get. Want To Avoid Getting Screwed On Arena Deals? Look To Seattle. Please select your team to view matches, highlights and full matches. Display all teams in Live Football Video.
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