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The construction plan of the new stadium has been going on since the team changed ownership. After one season, the new stadium still only exists in the plan, and even the planning and design have not started, because the new stadium has no So simple.

Because building a large-scale arena not only requires a lot of land, because even the land of the city hall cannot be just suitable for a arena, because in addition to the arena, there are parking lots outside the arena and a series of related Auxiliary facilities, in this case, a large amount of land needs to be purchased from private hands, and the use of the land of the city hall must be voted by the city council and the state council.

In addition to land issues, there are also funding issues that are also plaguing the construction of the arena. Because the Federal Reserve issued the first round of quantitative monetary easing policy of 800 trillion, it caused a sharp depreciation of the US dollar, coupled with the originally expected shortage , leading to a sharp increase in the arena's budget. According to the latest estimates, an indoor stadium with a capacity of 140 people will be built. At the same time, there will be [-] parking spaces, a small exhibition hall, and a small theater. With a dining and entertainment space of [-] square meters, [-] boxes need to be designed and built inside, and the capital required is more than [-] million U.S. dollars.

After the stadium is completed, it will become the league's third largest arena. Although the design standard is not the most luxurious, it is still the league's first-class level. In terms of audio and lighting equipment, the league's highest standards will be adopted to allow fans 』Enjoy the most extreme feeling, of course, the tickets must also be the most extreme.

Five hundred million U.S. dollars is not a small amount. Even if the money prepared by Chris Hansen and the special taxes passed by the city council and the state assembly are added, there is still a funding gap of nearly two hundred million U.S. dollars. Let the public know, because once they know, the tax increase draft that was originally promising may be sniped, so Chris Hansen and the others have been thinking about how to solve this problem. [

It is obviously impossible for the team to take out money according to the original share distribution plan, let alone such a large funding gap, and it is even more impossible for the city council and state council to increase taxes, so all of a sudden I was stumped.

You know, even if a new strategic investor is introduced to join the new arena construction plan, no matter how much money he invests, it will be useless to get a controlling stake, because the ownership of the land is in the hands of the city hall. And if you don’t use the land of the city hall, then you need to pay a lot of money just to buy the land to build an arena, not to mention that once you do this, you don’t even think about imposing special taxes, and the funding gap will be smaller than it is now Not going there.

It is precisely because of many difficulties that the construction plan of the new arena is still only on paper, and it has not been decided for a long time. The gap of [-] to [-] million is not so easy to fill. Although there are many rich people , but investing in this, there is almost no benefit, but it has a certain value of preservation, who will come.

So after several efforts, Chris Hansen still failed to find anyone who was willing to invest money. Of course, Steve Ballmer said that he could provide some help, but in terms of business, it is impossible for him to make meaningful contributions for an arena. It is something that is detrimental to the interests of the company, so the price he proposed cannot satisfy Chris Hansen.

Steve Ballmer's idea is to sponsor the naming of this new arena by Microsoft, so that once the naming contract is signed, the money can be paid, and the construction funds of the arena can be compensated to a certain extent. But the price he proposed was $7000 million for 30 years of naming rights, and then the arena was called the Microsoft Center Arena or the Windsor Center Arena. There is still a certain gap, and secondly, this price does not satisfy Chris Hansen. He thinks that if it is 7000 million, it will last for 20 years, and if it is 30 years, it will cost at least [-] million US dollars, but Steve Ballmer does not agree with this price.

The two argued about this, and they did not reach an agreement in the end, but Steve Ballmer's idea gave Chris Hansen an idea. Since Microsoft is interested in sponsoring the title, other companies should also be able to do so. Steve Ballmer Ballmer will not favor the team just because the team has his shares. He is also the manager of Microsoft and one of the major shareholders of the company, so he will not harm the interests of the company, so This price should basically be appropriate, but a little lower.

And what Chris Hansen has to do is to find a company that is more generous than Microsoft to name the arena, and this is not so easy. On the one hand, there are not many companies that have this demand; on the other hand, There are not many companies with such strength.

Most of the time, those who are willing to name arenas are well-known local companies. Because it is the headquarters of the company, they only accept title sponsorship for decades, or it is the business center area, which is worth spending so much money. Seattle As a big city and the economic center of Northwest China, there are many world-class big companies, but it is still very difficult to find suitable companies.

Moreover, such a big matter must be discussed with the controller of the company, which requires a suitable opportunity. Chris Hansen is a member of this circle, but he can't just pull others to invest in a venue.

Not to mention Starbucks, Mr. Schultz just sold the Sonics, even if he sees the Sonics booming again, he will not buy it intentionally, let alone throw the ball on this arena, and Microsoft The price over there has been fixed. In addition, there are also large companies in Seattle, including Washington State: Washington Mutual Bank. Unfortunately, it has just been acquired by Chase Bank. It is not interested in talking about this at all. Encore Insurance is interested, but the price is higher than that of Microsoft. The company is even lower.

Chris Hansen of Notz Rohm, which is mainly engaged in retail business, did not go at all, because he knew that there was no possibility at all. In addition, there is also Boeing. Although they have moved their headquarters to Chicago, this is still theirs. An important production base. In addition, the team name of the Supersonics has a lot to do with Boeing, but Chris Hansen's visit was received coldly. Boeing is not interested in this. They don't need to sponsor a ball The museum went to improve itself, so Chris Hansen was rejected in one bite.

AT&T has a lot to do with Seattle, but they have already named the home stadium of the San Antonio Spurs, so naturally they will not come to name this arena again. At this time, Chris Hansen thought of the business circle in Seattle. The upstart Amazon.com Inc.

Ten years ago, although Chris Hansen was in charge of less than [-] million US dollars, such a company would not be placed in his eyes, but ten years later, he already needs to look up to this company.

Amazon is a company with a strong information industry style. The founder of the company, Jeff Bezos, was established in a garage. It was just an online bookstore at first, but soon the company's sales grew rapidly, and the products were sold to the entire North American region. At this time, Jeff Bezos seized the opportunity in time, transformed and reorganized the company, expanded its products to audio-visual products and software, and then popularized them to electronic products and household appliances, becoming an online retailer that can compete with eBay.

Because Jeff Bezos insists on stable development, he is not eager to expand the user scale, and at the same time, he is not eager to reach a profitable level, which has attracted dissatisfaction from many investors, including Chris Hansen, but in the entire Internet industry We all encountered economic bubbles, and when we encountered a crisis, Amazon lived a very comfortable life. At the same time, it achieved profitability in the worst environment, which fully illustrates the difference between Jeff Bezos and ordinary people.

Up to now, Amazon has developed into a large company with tens of billions of dollars in assets and has great influence. Jeff Bezos, as the chairman, president and CEO, is the company's first decision-maker , So this matter can't get around Jeff Bezos anyway, Chris Hansen had to bite the bullet and walk into Jeff Bezos's office cheekily. Of course, he made an appointment in advance.

He still clearly remembers that Jeff Bezos stood in front of him holding the investment plan and asked himself to consider his investment plan, but he rejected him unceremoniously and contemptuously, and then, in front of him, put His investment plan was thrown into the shredder. Unexpectedly, after ten years of feng shui, it was his turn to beg the other party.

Chris Hansen remembers this scene clearly, and Jeff Bezos, who was rejected at the time, must not forget it, but when Chris Hansen came to Jeff Bezos' office, the people who greeted him But it was Jeff Bezos' very warm smile.

Chris Hansen was not in the mood to greet him, because talking more would only make him more embarrassed, so he quickly expressed his intention to come, listened to Chris Hansen's introduction, and then looked at Chris Hansen Sen's new arena investment plan, Jeff Bezos also pointed out a few small mistakes to him. [

In the end, Jeff Bezos told him that he would consider whether to name the arena, but he was not the final decision-maker. He would hand over this power to all his employees, and the employees would vote to decide.

Chris Hansen has lost all hope. He feels that Jeff Bezos is making fun of himself. Although it is not a big deal, it is a lot of money. How can it be handed over to employees? As for the decision, I thought it was just an excuse for Jack Bezos, so I didn't take it seriously, and went back directly.

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As a result, he received a call from Jeff Bezos three days later. Jeff Bezos told him that he surveyed all employees with your favorite sports, including employees around the world, and then came up with an answer that is, the most The most popular sport is basketball. In this case, he decided to title-sponsor the arena, and extended the time to 50 years, and the naming fee was 5000 million U.S. dollars, which basically solved it all at once. Funding issues for venues.

But after Steve Ballmer got the news from some unknown source, he said that he would also name the arena and was willing to pay the same price as Amazon. This was hard for Chris Hansen, so he put Presti and Stephen called over.

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