Those were his terms, and as he always said from the first presser while Oiler fans were busy debating who was going to lift the Cup first, he needed to make this work as a business for himself, and that included partners paying their share.
If the partner's share is more then the partner's like, then yeah, its not going to work out.
Maybe Katz also has gone sour on the whole experience in the last months, and if he doesn't get this lopsided sweetheart deal, then he's done with it all and gives him the excuse he needed to get out.
He may well put the team up for sale and then hop on the Seattle expansion bandwagon. My guess is the new potential owners (or group of 30 Part 2) if they can find one, are also going to see tough short, medium and long term economical justification with the current building, just as Katz did.
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