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Clay Bennett instructed his colleagues NOT TO TALK about investment in a Renton Arena

May26
2008 Written by Randy Corman

Depositions and email about the Sonics arena give increasing insight. This article explains why we never got a clear indication of how much the Sonics would spend, or how much they expected Renton to spend. Clay Bennett did not want anyone to know…

“The city’s attorneys continually pounded away in the pretrial interviews about how Bennett never indicated how much money his group would contribute to a proposed $500 million Renton arena, thus making it difficult for Seattle politicians and residents to get behind the plan.

After a Seattle P-I reporter sought comment from Bennett over how much money his Professional Basketball Club would commit to the project, Bennett e-mailed Gooden, “Please stay WAY AWAY from talking about our investment in the building.”

Here is the story in today’s Seattle PI.

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