That’s more or less it, 10-15 years from now, whoever owns the team will likely want a new stadium if they deem it profitable. At that point, the city has to evaluate if they think the team is a valuable enough investment to put city money into it.

In reality, I think OKC would rather have the Hornets, anyways, and if there were a vote, the Hornets would win easily. The problem is that it’s not up to the city to do anything more than saying that they want a team. At this point, it’s the NBA’s choice if they want a team there and, if yes, how that will occur.

Perhaps I just expected too much but you could have provided anecdotal comments, general feelings from the room, quotes from audience members, etc.. This type of information keeps viewers for newsok.com and moves the comment discussion away from tired themes IMHO. The vote is over, the audience is likely gone, and you’ve told me the Mayor may arrive soon.

If you don’t like doing this kind of work or don’t appreciate the medium don’t even try.

I’m just arguing with extortion, I guess. I’d like to see the Supes stay here, and I think if logic prevails, you and I can sit together with a beer either here or in OKC and watch the Seattle SuperSonics play Oklahoma City in an NBA game.

What will the new Dallas Cowboys stadium do the the NFL landscape? Does that officially kill Jacksonville or Green Bay when they don’t get those extra dollars? What about new Yankee Stadium? Over a billion dollars and counting.

We have passionate fans. If that isn’t enough to save this game here, then it can’t save it anywhere. Even in OKC in 10 years.

I never said I disagreed with you. Like I said, it’d be naive to think that Mr. Bennett had any other intention than to move the team. His actions have all pointed to it. I don’t see what you’re trying to argue with.

You act as if people aren’t aware as to how these things work, many of us are aware of how it works. That doesn’t mean that people aren’t willing to try it, to see if they can get benefits out of it.

For the article, I read it before, when it was first posted. I don’t really see why an article that is comprised of a bunch of Sonics fans who are upset by them leaving is supposed to change my mind, although I did laugh when Simmons said that this would set a dangerous precedent, as if its the first time a team owner has threatened to move a team if the city didn’t build a new arena.