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With the exposure of the "Seattle Weekly", more and more things about the team's relocation have been revealed. Bennett claimed that the facilities in the key center arena are too old and the number of seats is too small, which affects the team's income. The city of Seattle provided it with a new arena.The fastest updated novel[ ]【叶*】【*】

However, the Seattle City Hall insisted that it must wait until the lease of the existing Key Center Arena expires before discussing the issue of building a new arena. Few teams in the league have their own arena, even the Los Angeles Lakers. It can only share the Staples Center arena with the Los Angeles Clippers, because the ownership of the Staples Center arena is owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group.

On the one hand, building an arena costs a lot, and a team alone cannot afford such a large expenditure. When a team is only worth tens of millions of dollars, the cost of a large-scale modern arena is hundreds of millions of dollars. Above, at the same time, a team plays a maximum of one hundred games a season, and half of them are away games. If it is only prepared for one team, the utilization rate is too low.

The ownership of most arenas is in the hands of the local municipal government, especially the land required to build such a large venue in the downtown area is not a small amount. After the arena is completed, the operation right is in the hands of the management agency under the municipal government. , or handed over to some commercial companies for operation.

Then the operator sells the naming rights. If no one buys the naming rights, the arena will keep the name at the time of design. While selling the naming rights, it is also necessary to find a team to rent the arena. Generally speaking, as long as the game can be played indoors, it can be held. , as long as the schedule does not conflict.

Not only basketball or women's rebounds, but also ice hockey, boxing, and professional wrestling can be played in this venue. Only baseball and rugby need large outdoor courts. At the same time, the arena can also undertake some exhibition activities, just like the Spurs play every year. An extremely long road trip, because at that time the arena was holding a month-long agricultural and animal husbandry equipment exhibition.

The key center arena leased by the Supersonics is poorly equipped. Although it has only been in use for more than ten years, it has been rated as the worst ball in the league because it was relatively low-end when it was built and has not undergone large-scale renovations. one of the halls. 【New】【Leaf*】【*】

Even the league has proposed several times to Howard Schultz, the former owner of the Supersonics, asking him to change the arena or try to renovate the arena, but Schultz does not care about the operation of the Supersonics. Next, it is impossible for him to throw money into the team.

On the grounds that the ownership of the arena is the city hall, he asked the city hall to rebuild a arena or renovate the key center arena, but this required land collection, and at the same time the state legislature passed a special tax bill to Use special taxes collected to build new arenas.

It is impossible for the tax proposal to be passed. For no reason, no congressman dares to risk the disgrace of the world to collect taxes, and the citizens of Seattle are not enthusiastic about the Sonics. The team's performance is not good, and the fans naturally don't Selling accounts, this has entered a vicious circle.

The reason why Howard Schultz left the team was that he really didn't want to entangle him anymore, because it was impossible for the team to update a new arena in a short period of time, and the city hall insisted that the Sonics use the key center arena to go to the second floor. After [-], we will talk about building a new arena.

And after Bennett took over the Sonics for $[-] million, he, like Howard Schultz, asked the city hall to allocate funds and land as soon as possible to build a new arena, otherwise it would be affected by the problems of the arena. For the team's income, he will move the team out of here.

He naturally knew that it was impossible for the Seattle City Hall to agree to such a request, otherwise Howard Schultz would not have been arguing with them for so long, and the construction of a arena requires [-] million U.S. dollars, and the [-] million U.S. dollars must be It is not so easy to collect in the name of special taxes in Seattle city occupants.

The Seattle city government is unwilling to move the team, but even less willing to pay the money. They just want to procrastinate. Facing Bennett's threat, they simply ignore it. After the two sides threatened each other to go to court, they suddenly An agreement was reached in private. [ ]( ·~ )

Bennett obtained the understanding of the Seattle City Hall at a price of 500 million U.S. dollars, and Howard Schultz's silence must have been settled by Bennett in the same way, but when this matter was revealed , Howard Schultz has few people to blame, but Seattle City Hall is almost universally blamed.

The fans in Seattle are not enthusiastic, but that means that in the past, with the change of the team's record and Stephen's strong performance this season, more and more fans are willing to come to the scene to watch the game, and at the same time are willing to support the team Build new arenas or renovate arenas.

But the wishes of the fans have not received a response from the team. Of course, Bennett will definitely not respond to their demands if he wants to move the Supersonics. The lack of response from the team has also dispelled the enthusiasm of some fans. , In addition, no one raised his arms to take the lead in appealing, and the enthusiasm and running of the fans alone cannot solve this problem.

Now that the media has intervened, and celebrities such as Gary Payton and Sigma have intervened, coupled with the revelation of many things that were originally behind-the-scenes transactions, it has attracted the attention of a large number of fans in Seattle. Many people have begun to gather and protest. Bennett moved the team and Seattle City Hall made a private deal with him.

The power of the media is very powerful. As more and more media increased their reports on this matter, more and more Seattle fans, citizens and people in Washington state paid attention to this matter. It took only one day for this matter to escalate to the point where it was out of control. The owner of the Houston Rockets, Alexander, stood up and said that he hoped that Bennett would not rush to submit a relocation application to the relocation committee. Communicate with the city hall to solve the problems of the venues.

What Bennett hates after reading it is that the roots of his teeth are itchy. If other people’s objections are fine, because as long as Howard Schultz and the Seattle City Hall don’t say anything, other people’s objections will have no substantive meaning. However, Alexander's expression clearly told him that even if you hand over the relocation application now, the committee may not be able to pass it.

And Bennett has done a lot of work in the past, basically all the bosses have agreed, and now the sudden change of attitude is naturally affected by this incident. Could it be that some fans have such great power? and influence?

He didn't know that although Wilkens didn't promise Felietta Martin to come forward in person, he said that he would use his influence to do private work, and then he contacted the team's former general manager and chairman Wally Walker put forward his own suggestions to many familiar owners, suggesting that they reconsider the Sonics' relocation application.

Originally, no one was willing to be this villain, for no reason, who would offend the owner of a team, everyone would bow their heads and not look up, but it might not be so if someone lobbied. There is no harm in refusing either.

It was after knowing the change in attitudes of many people that Alexander publicly suggested that Bennett reconsider submitting the relocation application. At this time, several enthusiastic fans had already rented a small plane with a huge banner hanging under the plane: "Please try to keep him, the supersonic that has been with us for 41 years." The plane kept circling over Seattle, attracting more and more people's attention.

Felietta Martin did not expect the effect to be so good. At this time, another former Supersonic player "Rain Man" Kemp also stepped forward and joined Gary Payton. At the same time, looking for acquisitions Fang has also made new progress.

Through the connection between Wilkens and Wally Walker, a private equity investor named Chris Hans does not have too much assets, but he has a large number of very wealthy clients, including the president of Microsoft Corporation. Steve Ballmer.

After an emergency contact, Felietta Martin met Chris Hans. Chris Hans first expressed his gratitude to Felietta Martin for his efforts. After the layout is completed, it is difficult to stop it.

If Bennett cannot submit the relocation application at the end of this month or the relocation application is not approved by the relocation committee, then the Supersonics will continue to stay in Seattle next season, and now the relocation committee has shown a clear rejection, Bennett I will certainly not bring myself to humiliate myself and continue to submit relocation applications.

All major decisions of the league must be unanimously agreed by all the bosses, and although the relocation application is not necessary, it also requires the consent of all members of the relocation committee, but Wilkens and others persuaded several bosses to be on the safe side , with little time left, Bennett has no chance to persuade each of them one by one.

Chris Hans didn't believe that Felietta Martin could complete the planning and operation of such a big event with only one person. He thought it was Howard Schultz who was setting up obstacles for Bennett. When he met with Ertz, Felietta Martin told him that her uncle had nothing to do with it.

Under the threat of Chris Hans, Felietta Martin confessed to Stephen. Chris Hans was not surprised but pleased when he heard it. It would be even better if Stephen was really involved in this matter. Unlike those retired players, Stephen is the team's current reliance. With his support and cooperation, this matter will be easier to operate.

Philietta Martin told Chris Hans that Stephen didn't intend to come out publicly, and Chris Hans understood, but he liked being able to meet with Stephen to formally discuss the matter, and if Stephen intervened, he would It would also be easier to persuade Steve Ballmer to join the buyout team.

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