Remodeling Key Arena would have the same effect and draw an NBA team
back to the market. They are getting in line for the same tax source as Key Arena and the
rest of King County. What should be understood is that there is a recognized need for more
convention space in Seattle.
Building a state of the art arena and convention space would kill two birds with one stone, makes sense, that's why Frank Chopp will fight it.
http://www.crosscut.com/travel/17422/Our+Convention+Center+has+growing+pains/
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Good ol' Choppy. But it may actually be the disfunctionality of the Seattle city council, mayor and King County council that would do it in. Chopp just watches the carnage.
...Then he says no.
What this does is get other groups that are lining up for this revenue stream to state a case.
I think getting a partner in the form of the Convention Center folks would put the focus on what expanding the public portion of Key Arena, or something like that, really means for holding non-sports events.
Also, the city is looking for a 1% off the total 7% the Convention Center has pointed to them.
The water side property will not be part of the selection process until after the viaduct form has been hashed out, missing the window to talk about this money.
The metro site requires King County to do something.
The Seattle Center site foot print they are looking at is Memorial Stadium. The city has a master plan for that.
If the Convention folks and the city can play ball we could end up with a better asset at Seattle Center, allow the Convention Center folks the manage the bulk of the off season/festival dates, and the facility would be attractive to the NBA. Win-win-win.
That money is collected in Seattle, side-stepping the county.
Hey it sounds great in theory but there is still the city council, the mayor, Robert Nellums (Seattle Center chief)and lest I forget the Seattle School District. Who quite frankly scare me more than those aforementioned players.
Nellams is a director, he pitches his status to a council sub-committee, not the other way around. Nellams' staff is working harder now and they are contracting with a promotion company to fill dates, that might as well be done by Convention Center administration. No difference there.
The city has in the past attempted to pass the arena management off to Schultz in return for a flat return.
It will be hard enough for the city to work out building a new field for the school district, the Convention Center folks have an even tougher road if they are just going to buy it with tax money.
I think combining the efforts would draw more state revenue to pay for conference and convention areas, getting us much closer to a new arena/convention facility.
Plant that thing on the site.
Or;
They could also fight over the money and lose.
I'm with you, I'd just like it to happen before I need a walker.
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