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The effort to bring the Sacramento Kings to a new Seattle arena hit the wall after the NBA approved the sale of the team to a group working to keep the team in California. Read More »

NBA Commissioner David Stern has termed competing offers for the Sacramento Kings to be roughly the same, despite objections from the Maloof family a Sacramento bid is worth far less than an already-accepted Seattle deal. Read More »

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says he’s got 10,000 commitments for season tickets, $50 million in sponsorship money and a $448 million downtown arena plan — but it may be too little, too late, as a Seattle group already owns 7 percent of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. Johnson has been tirelessly working on a plan to keep the Kings in Sacramento, ... Read More »

The Seattle SuperSonics could be returning to the NBA, as a Seattle group has purchased an interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family. Read More »

Next year will be an important one for any potential Milwaukee Bucks arena funding plan, as the notion of a regional sales tax is floated as a possible revenue source. Read More »

A planned Target Center renovation is seemingly on hold while the city, the Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA) and building manager AEG debate the outlines of the deal. Read More »

The opening of Barclays Center in Brooklyn raises some interesting issues for arena professionals, but the most important has to be whether the greater New York City market can support five arenas. The answer so far: a qualified yes. Read More »

A Golden State Warriors arena plan on the downtown San Francisco waterfront is drawing criticism for requiring a heavier taxpayer subsidy than AT&T Park, but experts say the project requires more subsidy because it is a much grander endeavor. Read More »

With the discussion heating up in Milwaukee over a new arena, one nagging question emerges: if the Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) were winning, would folks be more enthusiastic about a new facility? The Bucks didn’t make the playoffs and traded arguably their best player (when healthy, that is), Andrew Bogut, this past season. The team narrowly missed the playoffs and are stuck ... Read More »

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson added to his stable of sports properties by buying the New Orleans Hornets from the NBA for $338 million. The NBA will make a slight profit from the sale — assuming ongoing operations were at a break-even level — after buying the franchise for $318 million, according to NOLA.com. Benson is known as a hands-off owner; he’ll ... Read More »