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Clay Bennett Says He'll Move the Sonics

SonicsCentral pointed us to this story from the Daily Oklahoman, where Clay Bennett is as explicit as ever about his desire to move the Sonics:

"For now, without a building solution, it's our intent to play in Seattle and apply for relocation immediately after the (Oct. 31) deadline."
It's good that Bennett's finally declared his intentions, NBA-backers can now prepare for the big fight. The Sonics' lease, signed after we taxpayers remodeled the Coliseum for them, runs through 2010. It would seem that, with Bennett having given up on Seattle, the only hope of keeping the Sonics would be to force him to stay in town, exposing him to several years of financial losses unless he unloads the team to a local buyer willing to build a privately-funded stadium here. That, or convincing NBA owners to oppose his application to move. Surely the NBA can't be relishing the possibility of having a marquee player like Greg Oden or Kevin Durant stuck in the nation's 45th-largest TV market (Seattle is 14th).

The Seattle Times says this, and here's an AP story.

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By Seth in on May 30, 2007 1:18 PM

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  • genevieve

    go ahead and take the Sonics...just leave us the Storm, pls.

  • MarkS

    650,000 less visitors to the Seattle Center. Hope that gaping wound where your nose once was ain't bleeding too bad Seattle.

    With an average game attendance of only 3000 God knows the Sounders need more of an audience.

  • Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

    Chris VanDyke Has A Posse!

    5 foot 10 and a gold tooth and fighting corporate welfare for corporate sports so you don't have to

  • JPF

    More likely the 31st-largest TV market. Only a stone's throw from Oklahoma...

  • ECS113

    I'm Sounders till I Die!

    I'm Sounders till I Die!

    I know I am, I'm sure I am,

    I'm Sounders till I Die!

    Let the money grubbing Sonics leave.

    Maybe more people will come to learn that there are other teams in this city to support.

  • Insurgent Jetcity

    This is a MAJOR victory for parking in Queen Anne.....really it's a ruse to get the public to pay for another arena. Didn't we just remodel Key back in like '95 or '96? Not to mention still paying for Kingdome....

    bottom line....



    who cares?

  • Joe

    I think the national media (and by national media I mean PTI and Around the Horn. What?) have already been complaining that Oden and Durant are headed to the black hole of the NBA known as 'Non LA PST.' My guess is they figure out some way to have the Sonics moved to Boston and change names to the Celtics, while Seattle gets the Celtics and a couple of 8 foot Nigerian center prospects.

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