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[Seattle Times] 15 years after moving Sonics, now it’s the Thunder asking for publicly funded arena
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The Warriors owners did and now they're rolling in dough
Didn't they move their arena out of Oakland after 50 years and into SF with the new one? Since there was more money to be made in building an arena there and all the Oakland people were pissed off about it and felt betrayed.
Yup. People can hate Joey “light years” for his comments all they want but all he has done is privately financed an arena and spent shitloads of money on the team.
Every other fan base should kill to have an owner with that mentality
ootl what comments are you referring to?
They won 4 of the last 10 championships and made 6 finals appearances. The results speak for themselves really
They did move the team to San Francisco from Oakland, but they still invested in the team while they were still playing in Oakland. Great way to keep most of the fans who have supported the Oakland based team for decades prior
I mean that's basically still in Oakland? Any fans who used to watch the games just have a slightly longer drive?
It's nothing compared to moving from Seattle to Oklahoma.
The locations of the stadiums are completely different lol. Imagine telling someone from St. Paul that Minneapolis is basically the same, it's just a slightly longer drive.
Or Oakland to Vegas... ^yikes
Yeah I’ll continue to say that there’s not one Dubs fan I know who stopped supporting them when they moved across the bay. For sure there were some ruffled feathers, but it’s really not as big of a deal as some try to push.
The diehards have been priced out of Chase, but that was already happening for the last years at Oracle.
By the time KD joined the crowd had gone super corporate and the atmosphere wasn't as electric as 2012-2016 when they started making the playoffs.
Same reason why the king's were a fun watch this past season
the move was just a technicality, they moved like to a location that's like 10 minutes away from the previous lol
Tell me you’ve never been to the Bay Area without telling me you’ve never been to the Bay Area
I remember booing him at the Oracle in 2010 (maybe 2011?) from my nosebleed seats. How wrong I was. Low key best owner in the league.
Were you there for that cringefest after they traded Monta?
Yea I remember being pissed off that they gave some rookie named Klay the green light to shoot as much as he wanted after trading Monta. I was not down with the tanking.
I was like “We got rid of Monta for this!?”
Monta have it all!
California doesn't allow for cities to pay I think. But yeah, Chase center is all the owners. I am exceptionally interested to see how Ballmer designs the Clippers stadium.
There's a giant Clippy on the roof. Every now and then a screen pops up asking if you need help finding your car.
If Ballmer memes his stadium, I'd visit to check it out!
Ballmer talked about the stadium design on Paul George's podcast
Things I remember him mentioning include a gigantic scoreboard, a standing room only zone that only the rowdiest fans are allowed in, and some outdoor courts outside the arena.
This article contradicts that. It states that the kings arena was public funded
The Kings are apparently an exception within California
Sacramento paid for half of golden 1. I think it's pretty much funded from parking.
Yeah, I don't mind if parking or some sort of sales tax in the area is used to fund a stadium. It's not ideal, but as a fan, I prefer the option over my team leaving to a different location. At least it isn't screwing the whole state or anything like that. The state funded stadiums are wild.