Sacramento leaders unveiled the outlines of a new-arena plan for the Sacramento Kings, but upon closer scrutiny it’s not clear whether there’s enough financial support in the area for a facility, with three neighboring counties unlikely to participate. When a Joint Powers Authority for a new arena was announced last week, it theoretically included six […]
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Report: Kings likely to stay in Sacramento for ’11-’12
Despite an offer on the table for the Sacramento Kings to move to Anaheim next season, the Los Angeles Times is reporting the team is likely to stay at Power Balance Arena next season to give Mayor Kevin Johnson time to bring his new-arena plan to fruition. Johnson laid out a plan for a new […]
Kings relo app deadline pushed back to May 2
{jathumbnail off} The inevitable move of the Sacramento Kings (NBA) to Anaheim became a little less inevitable over the weekend when the NBA allowed a delay of the deadline for the Maloofs to submit a relocation application after Ron Burkle offered to buy the team and keep it in a new Sacramento arena. It’s certainly […]