Updated: 2013-02-03

With the exposure of Seattle Weekly, the relocation of the team has been increasingly revealed. Bennett asked Seattle City to provide it with a new stadium for the Key Center stadium, which is too old and has a small number of seats, which affects the team's revenue.

But Seattle City Hall insists that it must wait until the lease of the existing Key Center Arena expires before discussing the issue of building a new stadium. In the league, few teams have their own stadiums. Even the Los Angeles Lakers can only share the Staples Center Arena with the Los Angeles Clippers, because the ownership of the Staples Center Arena belongs to Anschutz Entertainment Group.

On the one hand, the construction of the stadium is huge, and a team alone cannot afford such a large expense. When a team is only worth tens of millions of dollars, the cost of a large-scale modern stadium is more than hundreds of millions of dollars. At the same time, a team can reach up to 100 games in a season, and half of them are away games. If it is prepared for a team, the utilization rate will be too low.

The ownership of most stadiums is in the hands of the local municipal government, especially the land required to build such a large venue in downtown areas is not a small amount. After the stadium is completed, the operation rights are either in the hands of the management agencies under the municipal government, or handed over to some commercial companies to operate.

Then the operator sells the naming rights. If no one purchases the naming rights, the stadium will maintain the design name. While selling the naming rights, it also needs to find a team to rent the stadium. Generally speaking, any competition that can be held indoors can be held as long as the schedule does not conflict.

Not only basketball or women's rebounding, ice hockey, boxing, and professional wrestling can be played in this venue, only baseball and rugby require large outdoor stadiums, but the stadium can also undertake some exhibition activities, just like the Spurs play an extremely long road trip every year, because at that time the stadium was holding a one-month-long agricultural and animal husbandry equipment exhibition.

The key center stadium leased by the Supersonics team is simple and has only been in use for more than ten years. However, it was relatively low-end when it was built and has not undergone large-scale renovations, so it has always been rated as one of the worst stadiums in the league.

Even the league has proposed several times to the former boss of the Supersonics team Howard Schultz, asking him to change the stadium or renovate the stadium, but Schultz is not concerned about the operation of the Supersonics team. It is impossible for him to invest money in the team when the team continues to lose money.

On the grounds that the ownership of the stadium was the city hall, he asked the city hall to rebuild a stadium or renovate the Key Center stadium, but this required land collection and the state legislature to pass a special tax bill to build a new stadium with the special taxes collected.

The tax proposal cannot be passed at all. For no reason, no MP dared to risk the big deal to collect taxes. Seattle citizens are not enthusiastic about the Supersonics. The team's performance is not good, so fans naturally do not sell their accounts, which makes them enter a vicious circle.

The reason why Howard Schultz didn't want to continue to get involved is that he really didn't want to continue to get involved, because the team could not renew a new stadium in a short period of time, and the City Hall insisted that the Supersonics use the Key Center stadium until 2010, and then mention the construction of a new stadium.

After Bennett took over the Supersonics for $350 million, he also asked the City Hall to pay the funds and land as soon as possible to build a new stadium. Otherwise, the stadium's problems would affect the team's profits and he would move the team away from here.

He naturally knew that Seattle City Hall could not agree to such a request, otherwise Howard Schultz would not have been arguing with them for so long. It would not be so easy to build a courthouse of 500 million US dollars, and it would not be so easy to collect the 500 million US dollars in the name of special taxes.

The Seattle city government was unwilling to move the team, but was even more unwilling to pay the money. They just wanted to drag it on and ignored Bennett's threat. After threatening each other to confront Bogong's court, the two sides suddenly reached an agreement in private.

Bennett obtained the understanding of Seattle City Hall at the cost of 75 million US dollars, and Howard Schultz's silent words must have been settled by Bennett. However, when this matter was revealed, there was no one to blame Howard Schultz, but Seattle City Hall was almost criticized by thousands of people.

Seattle fans are not enthusiastic, but that means before. With the change in the team's record and Stephen's strong performance this season, more and more fans are willing to come to watch the game on site, and are willing to support the team in building a new or renovating the stadium.

However, the fans' wishes did not receive a response from the team. Of course, Bennett, who was determined to move the supersonic team, would definitely not respond to their demands. He did not receive a response from the team, and also dispelled the enthusiasm of some fans. In addition, no one raised his arms and took the lead in calling. This problem cannot be solved by relying solely on the enthusiasm and running of the fans.

Now with the media intervention, with the intervention of celebrities such as Gary Payton and Sigma, and many things that were originally behind-the-scenes transactions have been revealed, which has attracted the attention of a large number of Seattle fans. Many people have begun to gather to protest Bennett's move away from the team and Seattle City Hall to make private deals with him.

The media is very powerful. As more and more media have increased their coverage of this matter, it has led more and more Seattle fans and citizens and people in Washington State to pay attention to this matter. It only took one day to ferment. Houston Rockets owner Alexander came out and said that he hoped Bennett would not rush to submit a relocation application to the relocation committee. He should try his best to calm the fans' emotions, communicate with Seattle City Hall, and solve the venue's problems.

After reading it, Bennett hated that his teeth were itchy. If other people's objections were not much, because as long as Howard Schultz and Seattle City Hall did not say anything, the other people's objections had no substantial significance. However, Alexander's expression clearly told him that even if you hand over the relocation application now, the committee may not be able to pass it.

Bennet has done a lot of work in front of it, and basically all the bosses have agreed. Now that his attitude has suddenly changed, he is naturally affected by this matter. Could it be that just some fans have such great power and influence?

He didn't know that although Wilkens did not agree to Philipta Martin's personal appearance, he said that he would use his influence to do private work. Then he contacted the team's former general manager and chairman Wally Walker to make his own suggestions to many familiar bosses, suggesting that they reconsider the Supersonics' relocation application.

Originally, no one was willing to be this evil person. For no reason, who would offend a team boss? Everyone looked down and saw him, but what someone lobbyed may not be certain. Since there is no benefit to my promise, there is no harm to me, either.

It was after knowing that many people's attitudes changed that Alexander publicly suggested that Bennett reconsider submitting the relocation application. At this time, several enthusiastic fans had rented a small plane with a huge banner hanging under the plane: "Please try hard to keep him, the supersonics that have been with us forty-one years." The plane kept hovering over Seattle, attracting more and more people's attention.

Philipta Martin didn't expect the effect to be so good. At this time, another former supersonic player, "Rain Man", Kemp, also stood up and joined Gary Payton. At the same time, new progress has been made in finding the acquirer.

Through Wilkens and Wally Walker, a private equity investor named Chris Hans doesn't have much assets, but he has a large number of very rich customers, including Microsoft's president Steve Ballmer.

After emergency contact, Philipta Martin met Chris Hans. Chris Hans first expressed his gratitude to Philipta Martin for his efforts. If she had not revealed this matter in advance, it would be difficult to stop Bennett's layout after it was completed.

If Bennett cannot submit a relocation application at the end of this month or the relocation application is not approved by the Relocation Committee, then the Supersonics will continue to stay in Seattle next season. Now that the Relocation Committee has revealed obvious refusal, Bennett will definitely not humiliate himself and continue to submit the relocation application.

All major decisions on the alliance must be unanimously agreed by all bosses. Although the relocation application is unnecessary, all members of the relocation committee must agree. However, Wilkens and others persuaded several bosses to be on the safe side. With little time left, Bennett no longer had the opportunity to persuade them one by one.

Chris Hans didn't believe that Philippeta Martin could complete such a big plan and operation with just one person. He thought that Howard Schultz was setting obstacles for Bennett. When he proposed to meet Howard Schultz, Philippeta Martin told him that the matter had nothing to do with her uncle.

Under the threat of Chris Hans, Philipta Martin confessed Stephen. Chris Hans was not surprised and happy after hearing this. If Stephen was really involved in this matter, it would be even better. Unlike those players who have retired, Stephen is the team's reliance now. If he has his support and cooperation, this matter will be easier to operate.

Philipta Martin told Chris Hans that Stephen did not intend to come out publicly, and Chris Hans expressed his understanding, but he liked to meet Stephen to discuss the matter formally, and if Stephen intervened, he could easily persuade Steve Ballmer to join the acquisition team.

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