Reply #63: Okay no most of that is wrong.

[Kurska]

1. The team was not strongly supported it had the worst ticket sales of any team for nearly 5 years
2. The Key Arena wasn't built 10 years earlier it was nearly a 30 year old arena that got renovations in the 90's that were barely up to snuff then, much less when the team was forced to move.
3. The NBA gave Seattle plenty of time to build a new arena, Stern had been up there going back to the 90's saying the renovations weren't going to work and the city needed a new arena, Seattle reponsed by overwhelming passing a amendment that made building arenas impossible.