Comments on: History of public subsidy support could be key issue in Sacramento Kings’ future

By: hsekl

hsekl — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:44:53 +0000

Do you think Sacramento’s lawmakers would pony up enough taxpayers money to build three arenas/stadiums like Seattle had to do for the M’s, Seahawks, and now for the soon to be back Sonics? They are going broke just trying to get enough money to build one! Onward to Seattle!

By: dans761

dans761 — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:15:53 +0000

This article was written by a SACRAMENTO based reporter so his interpretation on what really happened and his perceived views on what he thinks the NBA is thinking is biased.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:35:26 +0000

Pathetic. Fighting for the Sacramento “Tampa Bay Ray” Kings. 600 million for a team that will never win anything but a “Whipping Boy” trophy.

Sacramento has the A’s minor league club the River Cats. It is followed heavily. The Oakland A’s are looking for a new home.

Sacramento would make more money with a baseball team. JThe A’s actually have won some titles and are actually always good.

Let this deplorable franchise go to Seattle, and work on luring the A’s to Sacramento.

By: genericcommenter

genericcommenter — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:51:23 +0000

Billionaires are the true “Welfare Queens.” And when they don’t get the welfare they want from one government, they find a desperate one that will.

By: badintent

badintent — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:03:10 +0000

Ster getting touchy in his old age. Yeah Dave , Seattle was tapped out after spending $ 600 miilion on areas. So your league was at the back of the hand out line.The Kingdome roof panels were falling down, the 2006 earthquake would have killed thousands if a game was played at the time of the quake. Paul Allen made a decent deal to pay about half of the bill for the new digs. The NBA and Shultz were penny smart , pound foolish.And corrupt. So Herr Stern still wins the Spin Doctor of the Year Award. If he hadn’t been with the NBA , he would have been a credit swaps manager on Wall Street.”No risk here, toxic trenches, never heard of them “

By: brianspider

brianspider — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:46:16 +0000

Its directly from Stern’s “State of the League” pressor Saturday night over All Star Weekend. Was on NBAtv

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:25:39 +0000

The team will wind up where Stern wants it, and he’ll have the rationalization to back up his decision. Anyone else is window dressing.

By: matttucker76

matttucker76 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:08:11 +0000

Once again, it needs to be pointed out that Stern’s comments on the history in Seattle are without the appropriate context. The city gave a $75m subsidy to renovate KeyArena just 10 years prior, a renovation that was signed off on not only by the league but by Stern in person. After the Mariners and Seahawks got their public funds, the league suddenly declared that the Key was unfit and needed a major retrofit. That’s what caused the backlash that led to the creation and passing of Initiative 91. (It should also be noted that I-91 does allow public funds to be used to build or renovate a sporting facility but must guarantee a positive ROI.) Stern wants to rewrite history on his own.

If anything, the Hansen group proposal for the arena is a stellar model for a public-private partnership that the NBA should embrace. It’s something favorable to both sides of the investment and would likely take a lot of the initial sting out of asking cities to pony up for new buildings.

By: yuckabuck

yuckabuck — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:23:15 +0000

Link or attribution for David Stearn’s quote?