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Anonymous
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Unfortunately, we seem to spend money on shit that doesn't go anywhere. Case in point: monorail. For years I had my car registration fees through the roof, then they can the project and the millions they spent getting to FAIL were just gone.
There's a lot of reasons why Seattle wasn't going to build a new stadium. You can't refurb Key Arena. The area is too small and the surrounding area you won't be able to buy out, and retrofitting the current boxes is impossible, so it'd have to be new. No areas in Seattle to build an entirely new stadium except next to Safeco and Qwest in SODO, and Seattle has found that even with the two stadiums there, that neighborhood still sucks balls and hasn't been gentrified at all.
Ultimately, the best bet to keep the Sonics in the area was to have them relocate across the lake to Bellevue, but Bellevue is too white to want a basketball team, and they couldn't find any space for a stadium either. Land is stupid expensive now that the housing market took off (and was overspeculated and is overvalued but that's a discussion unto itself), so any new stadium around here would be silly expensive to fund.
Also, as I alluded to prior, there are way more important things to take care of in Seattle. Our police are some of the worst paid in the country, so any police officers around the area go to places like Renton, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, etc to get better jobs. Not enough police in the city, and we're having more crime because of it. Also, the viaduct will fall over any minute and people are still arguing as to what to do with it (multi-billion dollar project). Also, replacement of the 520 bridge, blah blah blah.
So, as I was saying, I'm sad to see you go Sonics, but LOL at OKC for taking them. Good luck, no one will go to your games.
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