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On May 2, 2016, the Seattle City Council voted 5–4 against the street vacation and sale of the street. Hansen said the following day in a statement that he and his group would "need to take a little time to step back and evaluate [their] options." Mayor Murray later said that the vote made it "less likely that the NBA will return to Seattle."
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 ...
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly shortened to Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle.The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Division (1967–1970), and later as a member of the Western Conference's Pacific (1970–2004) and Northwest (2004–2008) divisions.
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 structure under construction in 1961. The arena opened in 1962 as the Washington State Pavilion for the Century 21 Exposition, the work of architect Paul Thiry.After the close of the Exposition, the Pavilion was purchased by the city of Seattle for $2.9 million and underwent an 18-month conversion into the Washington State Coliseum, one of the centerpieces of the new Seattle Center on the ...
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The Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City was a successful effort by the owners of the Seattle SuperSonics to move the National Basketball Association (NBA) team from Seattle, Washington, to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The team, the third NBA franchise to move in the 2000s, began play as the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2008–09 NBA season.
The SuperSonics played their home games mainly at the Seattle Center Coliseum, the Kingdome during eight seasons, and the Tacoma Dome for one season while the Coliseum was being remodeled and later renamed KeyArena. The SuperSonics started building their roster in the 1967 NBA draft and the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft. Since then 257 players have ...