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Columnist Danny O’Neil ponders the possible return of the Sonics, and reflects on the culprits who pushed Seattle’s first modern sports franchise out of town.
The Sonics are an American garage rock band from Tacoma, Washington, that formed in 1960. [1] Their aggressive, hard-edged sound has been a major influence on punk and garage music worldwide, and they have been named inspirations to the White Stripes , LCD Soundsystem , Nirvana , The Hives , and other musical artists.
On February 15, 2008, the Sonics' ownership group gave the city of Seattle a one-day deadline to accept a $26.5 million offer that would buy out the Sonics' lease in KeyArena and pay off what the ownership group claimed was the value of debts on the arena. [23] The city rejected the offer. [24]
The Seattle SuperSonics played their last home game on April 13, 2008, winning 99–95 against the Dallas Mavericks. Throughout the game, the crowd chanted "Save our Sonics" and Durant waved his hands at the crowd. [30] The last game they played was against Durant's future team, the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena three days later. Durant ...
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A fan holds up a sign in the stands urging the former Seattle Sonics basketball team to return to Seattle before a preseason NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail ...
Sonics Arena; Address: 1700 First Avenue South ... It was part of a larger plan to return the Seattle SuperSonics ... KeyArena was the home of the SuperSonics from ...
The Sonics retaliated the following year, winning in Game 5 on the Bullets' home court, thus capturing the franchise's only championship. Upon the opening of the new Kingdome in 1976, which first hosted the NFL 's Seahawks and NASL 's Sounders followed by MLB 's expansion Mariners in 1977, the Sonics would begin playing a small number of home ...