Since 2008, the city of Seattle has not seen an NBA basketball team after fans of the city were outraged when their Super Sonics moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. To throw more salt to the wound, the Thunder are now one of the best teams in the league and those living in Seattle feel they deserve an NBA team in the state.
With no guarantee that the league will put another team in Seattle, the first step of the process has been completed.
ESPN reports that the Seattle City Council has agreed on a deal that will build $490 million arena in the city. At this point, there is no team with plans to use the arena, but it could host both an NBA and NHL franchise.
The proposed plan will call upon the public to fund $200 million towards the project and there will also be a $40 million transportation project that will reduce traffic in the area. The land in the area is near Safeco Field home of the Seattle Mariners and Qwest Field home of the Seattle Seahawks.
Seattle city councilman Mike O'Brien calls the deal, "one of the best arena deals we've seen in the country," and he, and a lot of people, is hoping that the NBA makes its return to great city of Seattle
Seattle is known as a city that loves basketball and it has bred many NBA players over the years. The Sonics were fortunate to have very loyal fans and it will only be the right thing to give those people another team to root for. Although there is nothing planned yet, the most likely situation is that a NBA franchises will relocate to Seattle.
