Comments on: Seattle NBA arena moves forward but Mariners still oppose

By: cdworshak

cdworshak — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:19:19 +0000

Just think of how another venue in SODO would bring people like myself to the area to spend our hard earned money. I would travel to Seattle more often for concerts, games etc. I only see this as a positive change for everyone.

By: cdworshak

cdworshak — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:13:15 +0000

I would have to agree… Wouldn’t go as far to call them stupid. We love our Mariners here in the Great Northwest but would appreciate them more if they showed support for the NBA and NHL

By: eugenesaxe

eugenesaxe — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:46:39 +0000

I’m sure if Seattle sports fans were asked, they’d say “GTFO if you don’t like it, Mariners”.

By: mrlaloosh

mrlaloosh — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:20:44 +0000

The Mariners are a Major League team? Who knew!

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:10:50 +0000

Kurt, there aren’t many bars in the area of town this would be in. I don’t see what the problem is though. The football stadium is right next door and that doesn’t seem to be an issue. The Mariners should worry about getting fans to come to their games again first.

By: rajbais

rajbais — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:17:33 +0000

That stupid baseball team should shut up until they win for a change!!!

By: hardballtalkusername

hardballtalkusername — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:04:18 +0000

Only 1/3 of the teams make the playoffs in baseball, and I don’t think the Mariners will have to “worry” about that scenario for many years to come.

By: echech88

echech88 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:14:35 +0000

Deadspin broke this down about a month ago.

It is not that they want to block an NBA team in Seattle, it’s that the Mariners are looking to simply delay it until at least 2014 or so when their current TV contract expires. Then they can set up their own regional sports network before the Sonics could potentially begin their own.

In other words, the Mariners want to control the network that could potentially land Sonics games and to do so, they’d need to have their own established before the Sonics are finally back.