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Originally Posted by MattyC
Would a great showing of fans (ie sellouts and waitlists) prompt Seattle to build the arena before the NBA joins in? Or is it pretty much conditional on the NBA?
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The existing arena deal requires the NBA, as noted above, but there's no reason that a new deal couldn't be worked out. The terms would likely be pretty different though, and the appetite for an NHL team isn't as strong as that for an NBA team so the city probably isn't going to be as giving.