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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
You know as well as I Seattle traffic is a constant gong show and while you can get over the lake in 15 to 20 minutes it can also take an hour if some schmoe rear ends someone, if you want people in the business community to attend a game you keep the arena downtown and they go for dinner after work then walk to the game followed by a cocktail or beer after in the downtown, shove it in Bellevue and it is no nearer to anyone and it sits in an entertainment wasteland (Glendale), the best thing about Seattle is the centralised nature of its entertainment district, it may take hours to plow down the through the I.5 but at least once you get there you can dump the car and reach everything pretty well on foot.
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I can't find the article but I believe >60% of Sonic season ticket holders were from the Eastside. Bellevue is as central as SODO for car traffic purposes.
The argument for SODO is you have a nice public transit hub with light rail, ferries and the commuter trains in vicinity.
The S curves and I-90 are just ridiculous now with the new toll on 520. I went night skiing at Snoqualmie last week and I couldn't believe how many people were avoiding 520 and willing to wait to cross at 90.