Is Seattle Set to Become a Sports Mecca?

The Seattle arena deal has been a situation I have tracked very closely over the past several months. As a sports fan located in the Pacific Northwest, the potential return of the NBA and the potential arrival of the NHL to Seattle both excite me tremendously.

It has been a little while since I wrote on the issue, and figured it was time for a bit of an update.

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The NHL and Seattle: The History and Market

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Sports fans in the Pacific Northwest have been desperate for a professional basketball team to return after the Sonics were ripped away to Oklahoma City a few years ago. While hockey isn’t as popular as basketball in Seattle or its surrounding areas, there are a lot of diehard hockey fans in the Seattle area.

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