Could the NBA Make a Comeback in Seattle?

By Seattle Mag February 7, 2012

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A San Francisco investor is interested in bringing the NBA back to Seattle, just a stone’s throw away from Safeco and Century Link fields and immediately behind the Showbox SoDo and Seattle mag headquarters. Great news for diehard basketball fans. But  for those of us who have to function down here on a daily basis, well, could this make SoDo life even worse? Except for a few outposts of life, the neighborhood is a glorified parking lot on game days–and otherwise, just a bleak, urban desert commuters have to cross for the sake of getting somewhere else, fast. If a behemoth stadium does come this way, I hope it can be designed in a way that helps connect SoDo to daily city life–not distance it even further. -Bond Huberman

From the original story by King 5 News/Linda Brill:

The City of Seattle has been working behind the scenes for the past eight months to bring back the NBA.

Mayor Mike McGinn confirmed Monday that negotiations are underway with San Francisco hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen to build a new arena in SODO.

KING 5’s Chris Daniels broke the news in December that Hansen bought a 3-acre parcel near Safeco Field for $21.6 million–nearly $3 million more than its assessed value.

Our partners at KING 5 News report:

 

 

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