Written by After a couple years of wrangling with Sonics leadership about a new Seattle or Renton Stadium, the “Soundoff” comment from a reader of todays Seattle PI made me laugh out loud.
Here is the article:
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By GARY WASHBURN
P-I REPORTER
NEW ORLEANS — In his most disparaging and pessimistic remarks regarding the future of the Sonics in Seattle, NBA Commissioner David Stern termed the Sonics’ relocation to Oklahoma City as an “inevitability” and then revealed that the current ownership group has attempted to buy out the final two years of their lease and pay off the remaining bond debt at KeyArena.
Read the full story here
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And here is the responding “Soundoff” Comment, Posted by melakwa at 2/16/08 8:07 p.m.
How about move the (New Orleans) Hornets to Oklahoma, and then we can build a new floating stadium (for the Sonics) that will be located in Puget Sound? In bad years, the stadium can be towed to New Orleans, and they can host them until the good years roll around again. We can even tow it to Everett or Tacoma every once in awhile so they can see pro ball also. The floating stadium can double as a riverboat casino in New Orleans which will help bolster attendance. As a floating stadium it will be infinitely expandable. If the team and owners still get uppity, we can fire a salvo and send the whole shebang to Davy Jones Locker. Win-win-win-win situation.
Good riddance!
I’m excited that the Puget Sound will be host to one less pro-sports parasite.
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Here’s an idea – lets invent a stupid game called “BallStick” we’ll get a bunch of grown men to hit a ball with a stick, and we’ll get the even stupider Puget Sound voter to give us free money.
Anybody with me? We’ll get free millions!!
Re: Good riddance!
Doesn’t baseball already have the patent on this revenue source?
Re: Good riddance!
I know in your opinion its great that we lose a franchise I do not like it one bit but we can put all the blame on the state and cities for the move. People don’t understand it is a business world. There was profit for the new ownership group to make if the team was able to stay up here and build a new arena but there wasn’t an effort made by anyone who could do anything. So the next option for this ownership group who i greatly respect and hope they have great success with our team (the people of Washington not the government) in another city.
A different topic
Randy,
I have a question about a different topic and thought maybe you could start a new tag. What are your thoughts about the University shooting the other day?
Mark Martinez