Seattle Informer

Judge dismisses lawsuit against proposed Sodo arena The suit, filed in January, alleged the arrangement, which calls for $ 200 million in public money to be repaid through arena revenue, violates the terms of Initiative 91. The measure, overwhelmingly approved by Seattle voters in 2006, said the city … Read more on The Seattle Times [...]

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Seattle union appeals environmental ruling on proposed Sonics arena Reuters/Reuters – This aerial view looking south shows the cluster of Seattle's current NFL and MLB professional sports stadiums and also the adjacent location where billionaire Chris Hansen has proposed to …more build a NBA/NHL arena as pictured from … Read more on Yahoo! News (blog)

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Longshore union blocking new Seattle arena The union representatives and candidate for Seattle mayor Peter Steinbrueck said congestion from basketball and hockey games would interfere with container shipping and related businesses nearby, killing jobs. The opponents want to halt the process for … Read more on The Seattle Times

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Judge hears arguments over plans for Seattle arena A group including hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has reached a pending deal to buy the Sacramento Kings and plan to move the team to Seattle. Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Read more on TheNewsTribune.com

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Seattle Center in arena review — but Sodo still gets the arena The Seattle Department of Planning and Land Use will hold two public meetings to determine the scope of the environmental review for the proposed Sodo sports and entertainment arena. Nov. 8: 6 p.m. Bertha Knight Landes Room, Seattle City Hall, 600 … Read [...]

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Seattle arena backer secures one more piece of SODO land The man leading the effort to build a new sports arena in Seattle's stadium district has closed on the final piece of SODO real estate that he and his partners were hoping to acquire. Chris Hansen's WSA Properties LLC finalized its purchase of the Bill [...]

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Arena supporters question Port of Seattle's studies SEATTLE – Supporters of building a news sports arena in the city's stadium district spent Wednesday picking apart studies commissioned by the Port of Seattle that concluded a third major sports venue in SODO would interfered with port operations. Read more on KING5.com

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SEATTLE — One vote down and plenty more to go in the quest to build a new arena that could bring the NBA back to Seattle. The Metropolitan King County Council took the initial step on Monday afternoon, approving the amended proposal from investor Chris … Seattle – Bing News

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SEATTLE — One vote down and plenty more to go in the quest to build a new arena that could bring the NBA back to Seattle. The Metropolitan King County Council took the initial step on Monday afternoon, approving the amended proposal from investor Chris … Seattle – Bing News

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(KING 5′s Chris Daniels is live-tweeting the council’s arena hearing.) As the King County Council readies to vote on a proposal to build a new sports arena in SODO, all seven members of the Seattle City Council said Monday more needs to be done to minimize … Seattle – Bing News

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SEATTLE — Eight of nine Seattle City Councilmembers have sent a letter to the investor seeking public help to build a new sports arena in the city, saying changes must be made to a proposal before they can support it. The Council wants to … Seattle – Bing News

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