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Any eta on NHL confirmation? Feels like its gone a bit quiet and its almost the fall.

I'm guessing any issues with the arena have been pretty hashed out given yesterday the Storm confirmed they will play at UW's arena next year and by all accounts the project will be shovel ready after the NBA exhibition game in October.
 

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Glasgow Seahawk":30qnv7xo said:
Any eta on NHL confirmation? Feels like its gone a bit quiet and its almost the fall.

I'm guessing any issues with the arena have been pretty hashed out given yesterday the Storm confirmed they will play at UW's arena next year and by all accounts the project will be shovel ready after the NBA exhibition game in October.

I heard Lieweke interviewed on the radio last week, and he said things are progressing on schedule............which means should be an announcement in the fall I'd imagine after the arena gets final approval and the reno moves forward.

The NHL knows arena deals are delicate, so they're not going to jump the gun in case of delays.
 

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Glasgow Seahawk":3bvspi8m said:
Any eta on NHL confirmation? Feels like its gone a bit quiet and its almost the fall.

I'm guessing any issues with the arena have been pretty hashed out given yesterday the Storm confirmed they will play at UW's arena next year and by all accounts the project will be shovel ready after the NBA exhibition game in October.

On the latest Tuesdays with Tod segment on KJR, Tod pointed to October 2 as the probable date the group would be presenting their case to the NHL BOG. He also indicated that by that date, the agreement with the city would be finalized and the practice facility would be announced.
 

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On Wednesday, the Oak View Group (OVG) will unveil new local investors for its proposed National Hockey League team. A scheduled press conference is expected to include lead investor David Bonderman.

The announcement comes the same week as city leaders quietly pushed forward key documents in an effort to meet the NHL deadline.

Last week, without much fanfare, the city's Department of Construction and Inspections published a more than 1,000-page document which including an intensive analysis of the impacts to the Seattle Center, and proposed changes.

The Final EIS, as it is called, is required by law, and can be challenged until September 13, 2018. The next day, the Seattle City Council is scheduled to vote on final transaction documents on the 750,000-square-foot redevelopment. OVG says it will be built with the NHL, NBA, and concerts in mind.

Council member Debora Juarez announced Tuesday that the final vote of the full council is now scheduled for Monday, September 24.

The timing is important, and not without coordination.

The NHL confirmed the Seattle group plans on making its pitch to bring the league to the city the following week, on October 2. That's when the league's Executive Committee, and Board of Governors, are slated to hear the presentation.

It's unclear if the league could vote to approve the $650 million expansion franchise bid out of committee on that day, or with a full Board of Governors vote.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is scheduled to make her pitch to the NHL owners personally. Late last week Mayor Durkan's office transmitted the final transaction documents to the Council for approval.

OVG and the group led by Bonderman have said they can deliver a new arena and team to Seattle by the fall of 2020, making the window extremely tight.
 

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Some Ackerley's... huh. :?

Weird the Ackerley's were part of the plan(backstabbing) that torpedoed the effort to get the NHL here in 1989.
 

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twisted_steel2":20apdsyx said:
Some Ackerley's... huh. :?

Weird the Ackerley's were part of the plan(backstabbing) that torpedoed the effort to get the NHL here in 1989.

If I remember correctly Barry refused to configure the Coliseum to work for Hockey in the first renovation.
 

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Daly also called it “doubtful” any formal vote will happen on a Seattle franchise between meetings in October and December. Seattle Hockey Partners, the group looking to bring the NHL to the Pacific Northwest, will make a presentation to board’s executive committee on Oct. 2. No vote will take place that day.

“We would have the vote in person,” Daly said, referring to the annual December meeting that will take place in Florida.

The Vegas Golden Knights played their first season in 2017-18 as the league’s 31st team. While Commissioner Gary Bettman has stated repeatedly the NHL is in no rush to expand, there are positives beyond what will be a $650 million expansion fee.

“It does provide alignment for the league,” Daly said. “We’ve been misaligned for a couple years in the sense of more teams in the East and less in the West, so that would be a benefit if we were to expand.”
 

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chris98251":9amefiym said:
twisted_steel2":9amefiym said:
Some Ackerley's... huh. :?

Weird the Ackerley's were part of the plan(backstabbing) that torpedoed the effort to get the NHL here in 1989.

If I remember correctly Barry refused to configure the Coliseum to work for Hockey in the first renovation.

Yep, once they killed the NHL expansion, then the nail in the coffin was making sure the building wouldn't be suitable for hockey after the remodel.

The Ackerley's back in the day were like super villains you'd see in a movie.
 
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chris98251":2t7vz6po said:
twisted_steel2":2t7vz6po said:
Some Ackerley's... huh. :?

Weird the Ackerley's were part of the plan(backstabbing) that torpedoed the effort to get the NHL here in 1989.

If I remember correctly Barry refused to configure the Coliseum to work for Hockey in the first renovation.
You do remember correctly. It pissed me off at the time!
 

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News today, until they grant a Team to Seattle no construction to begin, this Council is something else.
 
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chris98251":1m7b0r4c said:
News today, until they grant a Team to Seattle no construction to begin, this Council is something else.
Imbeciles!!!! :34853_doh:
 

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"Among other things that are required of them before they can start demolition of KeyArena is they do need to essentially have a franchise established for Seattle with the NHL,” he said. “We don’t want to end up with an arena that’s partially demolished without the means to complete it.”

While it appears that this is yet another delay, documents show that pushing the demolition until December won’t necessarily alter completion by the October 2020 target, reports The Seattle Times.

Though the arena won’t be delayed, the team’s arrival might


What might be delayed is the arrival of the team. For the NHL’s part, they’re waiting on the Seattle City Council vote later this month, as well as any last minute appeals that could delay the project. This is partially why there have been hints from local officials — as well as NHL commissioner Gary Bettman — that Seattle’s hockey team may not start play until 2021, in which case other events will be scheduled instead of NHL games until the team arrives.

Both sides appear to be taking all precautions in the wake of past arena deals that fell through in SoDo, Tukwila, and Bellevue. OVG will make a final presentation to the NHL league owners on October 2, and the NHL is expected to hold an official vote by early December.

At that point, those who purchased upwards of 33,000 season-ticket deposits will know when exactly they’ll be able to see some NHL hockey

http://mynorthwest.com/1106051/keyarena-nhl-seattle/

This makes more sense than posting one little snippet that can be taken out of context. The sooner the city councel approves it, the sooner the NHL can act. More or less.
 

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KitsapGuy":2r8opx2b said:
"Among other things that are required of them before they can start demolition of KeyArena is they do need to essentially have a franchise established for Seattle with the NHL,” he said. “We don’t want to end up with an arena that’s partially demolished without the means to complete it.”

While it appears that this is yet another delay, documents show that pushing the demolition until December won’t necessarily alter completion by the October 2020 target, reports The Seattle Times.

Though the arena won’t be delayed, the team’s arrival might


What might be delayed is the arrival of the team. For the NHL’s part, they’re waiting on the Seattle City Council vote later this month, as well as any last minute appeals that could delay the project. This is partially why there have been hints from local officials — as well as NHL commissioner Gary Bettman — that Seattle’s hockey team may not start play until 2021, in which case other events will be scheduled instead of NHL games until the team arrives.

Both sides appear to be taking all precautions in the wake of past arena deals that fell through in SoDo, Tukwila, and Bellevue. OVG will make a final presentation to the NHL league owners on October 2, and the NHL is expected to hold an official vote by early December.

At that point, those who purchased upwards of 33,000 season-ticket deposits will know when exactly they’ll be able to see some NHL hockey

http://mynorthwest.com/1106051/keyarena-nhl-seattle/

This makes more sense than posting one little snippet that can be taken out of context. The sooner the city councel approves it, the sooner the NHL can act. More or less.

No they want a guarantee a team will be here before they commit to updating the key. They were so fast to denounce the Sodo deal yet are still non commital in the Event Chris Hansen or someone else has a better plan. They are playing both sides and then will take all the credit.
 

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KitsapGuy":1vulrgp6 said:
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So is the final vote for interest before the final vote for environmental re study or for actual construction if there is ever a team that wants to come here so they can vote again to accept the previous vote for acceptance since there will be new council members in place and the Mariners will have had their Stadium renovation initiative voted down.

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But now they have to have a team committed before they will even move a shovel of dirt, do they vote again if someone brings a team here?
 

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