Comments on: Va. Beach Mayor speaks out on Arena Deal and Sacramento Kings

By: mike flythe

mike flythe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:29:12 +0000

So we should try a different sport like football or even baseball really….

By: mike flythe

mike flythe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:26:59 +0000

Heres my thoughts on the matter of the teams actual name…. Virginia beach kings honestly sounds like a gang… Virginia kings sounds like a cigarett…. I think if any name soumds the best for our state it should be the commonwealth kings…..

By: JC

JC — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:56:22 +0000

If an arena is built in Va Beach hopefully the funding will be more like what happened in Seattle or San Fran and a more altruistic owner will pay for the vast majority of its cost. The Maloofs have no money and are trying to squeeze whatever city will take them into building them an arena for free and their NBA owner lifestyle is funded by taxpayers. Hopefully no cities bite and they’ll be forced to sell

By: jl01

jl01 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:50:41 +0000

womp womp

By: majormar

majormar — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:31:13 +0000

I’m highly disappointed. I’m moving from this area asap

By: Ron Kelly

Ron Kelly — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:12:23 +0000

Let’s get real, folks. If the concept of an arena, with or without a major professional sports team, were attractive enough financially the savvy entrepreneurs in the promotions business – or some sports team – would be beating a path to our door. They’d be willing to make do with a bit of parking and roadway improvement and perhaps some tax abatement for several years. Our city should not have any more “skin in the game” than that! Ancillary and ephemeral benefits like increased hotel occupancy, meals and so forth are not enough
This same argument would be valid whether we have other more pressing needs or not!

By: GB

GB — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:32:57 +0000

So Hampton Roads gets taken for a ride…again. It’s gotten to the point where I’d just rather not hear anything the next time a big leagues rumor starts up. The locals get their hopes up for no reason (admittedly myself included), and in the end we get stood up at the altar a few months later.

Thanks for nothing, Maloofs. Have a seat next to George Shinn on the shady developers bench. Maybe HR was better off without you.