Comments on: Va Beach/Kings/Arena Details worked out

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:48:11 +0000

You can have them in Seattle. Please take them, and get our leaders to stop wasting money on this. It will be the best thing Seattle has done since, well, ever.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:57:17 +0000

Cedric, you guys in Seattle sure seem frustrated with not having a team, considering the fact that it was your poor attendance that made you lose your last one.

By: Balddawag

Balddawag — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:37:46 +0000

Deal with the Magoof’s your playing with DEVIL !

By: DC

DC — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:18:46 +0000

As a Sacramento native who no longer cares if the Maloofs choose to stay or go, it’s important you all realize what you’re getting into. The Maloof bros inhereited their dad’s distributorship business and then got into the casino business. Well, they ran both into the ground and all they have left is the Kings, so now they are looking for a bailout to save them. Don’t expect them to pump their own money into a big payroll that lures top talent, because they are broke. Instead, they will live off revenue sharing and non-basketball revenues generated by a new arena. If David Stern actually cared, he’d force the sale of the team to reputable and solvent owners, but he doesnt. Anyways, good luck Virginia, whatever you decide to do.

By: colin

colin — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:29:52 +0000

I do like the idea of VB having a professional sports team. But as a former intern for the Norfolk SharX, I can tell you, it’s going to take a huge effort to get fans in Tidewater into seats at a new arena. While yes, basketball is more popular than indoor soccer, I think that the team would struggle to find 20,000 fans willing to buy season tickets to the “Kings.”

By: Cedric Odom

Cedric Odom — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:26:44 +0000

isn’t that the truth.

By: Cedric Odom

Cedric Odom — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:26:18 +0000

Wow You guys in the south are smoking some serious crack. The NBA will not come to VA Beach before it comes back to Seattle.. you guys have no one living there this post is evidence… no one replied lol. Hey VA Beach residents please put down the moonshine and go back to working you don’t need a Basketball team you are a small market I mean real small..

By: Savo

Savo — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:15:49 +0000

We do not have the money. I say again, we do not have the money. Every financial analysis of the “positive” fiscal impact of sports teams I’ve ever seen says they’re nothing but a money pit. Look what this team is doing to Sacramento. They’ve gotten the taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, and now they’re leaving them holding the bag. What a racket!

And of course the developers…oops, I mean Virginia Beach City Council….will push and shove until they get their way, just like they did with light rail.

By: Swifty

Swifty — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:51:40 +0000

As someone who grew up in Virginia Beach and now live in Sacramento. Good luck with the Kings. The Maloofs are not trustworthy. Just last year we were going to build a new arena over the old rail yards. The Maloofs lead us on just like they will VB. I’m seeing them play next week, probably for the last time.

By: Dirkula

Dirkula — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:25:49 +0000

Want the real scoop on the Maloofs? Just look here http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2012/11/28/3701212/virginia-beach-reportedly-reaches-deal-with-comcast-kings-may-ask-for
and see for yourself. Is this the type of people you want to put your faith in!?