The Seattle Alcaldesa, Jenny Durkan, has worked with the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, and is “quite optimistic” that the city is moving towards the need for an expansion franchise to replace it SuperSonics.
Silver dijo at a press conference last month that the NBA was dismantling its latent expansion consideration over a long period of time and dedicated more time to the concept during the current pandemic. Habló con Durkan poco después y el alkde reafirmó de deseo de la ciudad de conseguir un team.
“It’s a very good news for the Seattle city that is thinking about an expansion team”, said Durkan to KING 5 in Seattle. “And I’m honest with you. I know Seattle wants to be at the front of the line. We’re going to have to be a team.
The League’s officials have said that the expansion is likely to fail years, if at all. The last time the NBA expanded was when they Charlotte Bobcats see unieron of 2004.
In addition to its history, fanatics and corporations base with a lot of money, Seattle is attractive as a rehabilitation facility because it hopes a renovated arena is finished by the end of this year. Climate Pledge Arena, the site of the ancient KeyArena, will be the hogar of the expansion franchise of the NHL Kraken the temporary proceeds from a $ 900 million reconstruction that took place over a decade.
The titan of private capital David Bonderman, the owner of the Kraken and a minor investor in the Boston Celtics, expressed his interest in joining a bid for an NBA expansion franchise to leave the arena.
Al igual que Chris Hansen, a Seattle native, who set up a co-op fund with success and intent to buy the Sacramento Kings and trustees in Seattle in 2012. Hansen in some societies todose a land in the SoDo section of the city where he hopes to build an exclusive NBA stadium in case the Sonics regress.
Podría has other posters as the NBA also decided to follow suit, as he led the league’s officials to establish an objective price in the range of $ 2.5 million in commodity expansion rates, including ESPN’s sources.
During the last nine months, the NBA increased its credit line from $ 650 million to $ 1.2 million and agreed to pay $ 900 million to increase its losses during the 2020-21 season and that team received $ 30 million in assistance.
Durkan says that these financial scenarios, among other reasons, can help advance expansion as an option among NBA owners, who are hoping to discuss the possibility.
“Creo que es real. Pero lo pienso de nuevo, el commissionado va a consultat a los duños y ellos par primer vez estan seind muy publics y piensan que (la expansion) es probableme une idea para el basquetbol”, dijo la alcaldesa. “Part of it is the economy of COVID. Part of it is the economy of the sports. Per miren, I do not think that creo is more positioned to be successful”.