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What if the Kings move to Seattle...OKC vs SEA would be a heck of a game and not because of the players!

How is it all of a sudden 'unsuitable' for the NCAA
but it can support an NBA team ?

Bottom line is with CA bankrupt - there is NO REASON
they should be investing in an 'upgraded' stadium
when they HAVE ONE.....
if they really wanted to do something- how about putting
a decent team together, instead of the embarrassment
they will be throwing out there this year ?

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Originally posted 08:58 AM ET  09.23 by jgb

How is it all of a sudden 'unsuitable' for the NCAAbut it can support an NBA team ?Bottom line is with CA bankrupt - there is NO REASONthey should be investing in an 'upgraded' stadiumwhen they HAVE ONE.....if they really wanted to do something- how about puttinga decent team together, instead of the embarrassmentthey will be throwing out there this year ?

Im with you! how in the Hell are you gonna justify building a new stadium for a team, that probably couldnt beat the college teams that would have been in the tournament that you were trying to host! Get some better players, be competitive, hell get into the playoffs, and increase attendance, then maybe you would be in the position to request something. as it stands, threatening to take the kings from sacramento is like threatening to remove my trash from the trash can......preciate it!

why is the arena considered unfit for ncaa tournament games? (that would be nice to know)

what the hell is cal expo? (yes, i googled it, but they should explain it in the article considering that they mention it 15 times!)

kevin johnson is the mayor of sactown? (yes, i know it's not that kj)

who the **** is going to pay for a brand new arena for the worst team in basketball?

Too bad... when good, the Kings have a huge Home-court advantage in that barn.

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Originally posted 09:37 AM ET  09.23 by Chris Russo

kevin johnson is the mayor of sactown? (yes, i know it's not that kj)

lol...no it IS that KJ- seriously

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Originally posted 09:47 AM ET  09.23 by jgb

lol...no it IS that KJ- seriously

hahahahahahahahaha^100!

This is bullsh!t. The Maloofs want to move the Kings to Vegas anyway.

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Originally posted 10:05 AM ET  09.23 by Hllywd: Old Schoolin'

This is bullsh!t. The Maloofs want to move the Kings to Vegas anyway.

Hmmm - "Vegas Kings" - has a nice ring to it... LOL

Awesome! Move them to seattle!

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Originally posted 10:15 AM ET  09.23 by JoeRiv

Hmmm - "Vegas Kings" - has a nice ring to it... LOL

or maybe stern will let sac keep the name and thus, the vegas aces are born!

Yea....move em to Vegas, baby! The Maloofs are big-time casino owners here and it woulkd be nice to have a professional sport here even if they do suck, like the KIngs.

Bring 'em back to Omaha! Been a Kings fan since they were in Cincinnati, and as a boy I was so excited that my team was going to play in my home town. 'Course, back then we could ride the trolley to the movies for a nickel to catch the latest flicker show. Oh, what fun we had! Until the Kaiser turned it all upside down and plunged the world into war. Wait, what were we talking about? Something about Las Vegas, I think....

There are a lot of other reasons for the NCAA to avoid Sacramento including a lack of hotel rooms and a limited schedule of airline flights to the eastern 2/3rds of te country.

A new arena wouldn't change these issues. If Jerry Jones could spend 1.1 Billion to build a football stadium without tax dollars, the Maloofs can do the same thing and spend 5 or 10% that much on a basketball palace that has all the bells and whistles they want.

Nobody is worried about the Sacramento Queens arena.

Also, the NCAA usually assigns games to cities where this a tremendous local interest in College Hoops.

Look how often Indy, Greensboro and the SEC footprint gets bids. What's in Sacramento? UC Davis and Sac State? The only other D-1 program within 60 miles is the powerhouse at the University of the Pacific.

Sorry Kevin, you are the mayor of a town that has serious gang, traffic, and economic issues not to mention about 25,000 of your residents will be underwater if and when the antiquated levees break. You have bigger things to worry about than an low-end NBA team.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 09:37 AM ET  09.23 by Chris Russo

why is the arena considered unfit for ncaa tournament games? (that would be nice to know)what the hell is cal expo? (yes, i googled it, but they should explain it in the article considering that they mention it 15 times!)kevin johnson is the mayor of sactown? (yes, i know it's not that kj)who the **** is going to pay for a brand new arena for the worst team in basketball?

it IS that kj. he grew up there i believe

A mayor thats a former NBA player threatening to make his own city loose its NBA team? How corrupt does it get...

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Originally posted 10:59 AM ET  09.23 by spartanbill

Also, the NCAA usually assigns games to cities where this a tremendous local interest in College Hoops.Look how often Indy, Greensboro and the SEC footprint gets bids. What's in Sacramento? UC Davis and Sac State? The only other D-1 program within 60 miles is the powerhouse at the University of the Pacific.Sorry Kevin, you are the mayor of a town that has serious gang, traffic, and economic issues not to mention about 25,000 of your residents will be underwater if and when the antiquated levees break. You have bigger things to worry about than an low-end NBA team.

yeah and no, i'd say. i live in albuquerque and we get first two weekends of men's ncaa with some frequency. and the arena in albuquerque can't be as ncaa ready as arco. plus albuquerque certainly is harder to get to than sacto. this place is kind of the end of the earth.

that said, i think you're right re: indy et al get the tourney over and again because of local fan base.