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NBA Board of Governors votes to reject Kings relocation to Seattle

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The NBA's Board of Governors voted at a meeting in Dallas on Wednesday to reject an investment group's effort to relocate the Sacramento Kings to Seattle for the 2013-14 season.

NBA commissioner David Stern told reporters that the Board followed the lead of the league's Relocation Committee, which unanimously recommended in April that the relocation bid should not go through.

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Tearing a team away from the community is a tough thing. I am glad the Kings aren't moving. But this also means that the team has to put out a good product or else these talks resurface again.
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Sacramento City Council approves arena deal for Kings

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By Ben Golliver

By a 7-to-2 vote, Sacramento's City Council approved a deal struck between Mayor Kevin Johnson and developers to construct a new Downtown Plaza arena to house the Kings, who have been linked to a possible relocation to Seattle.

The Associated Press reports the terms of the deal, which was first announced by Johnson on Saturday.

The Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve a deal that contributes $258 million to the $447 million project.

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Is there hope for the Kings to stay in Sacramento? Maybe. I have never actually seen the Kings play in Sacramento ever before and I don't want them to move.
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Would I be OK with the Warriors moving to San Francisco?

Do we have the return of the Warriors to San Francisco?

If you haven’t heard yet, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee is courting the Warriors and trying to convince them to move to San Francisco. Here’s the article.

I don’t know the logistics of moving a franchise but I do know that I have mixed feelings about the potential move.

Being an East Bay native, I have always had the Warriors as a team that’s part of Oakland. The Oracle Arena is a nice place and it’s rocking nearly every night for this team.

Having them move to San Francisco would at least change the convenience for me. (Yes, even though I’ve moved away from the Bay, I still call it home.)

Driving to the Coliseum/Oracle area is great because I have great parking spots which I never have to pay for. Also, I can take BART to the game. It’s all right there for me, all convenient.

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