Posts About "Seattle"
10 Potential Names for a New Seattle NHL Franchise
August 7th, 2018 Today we look at some options for new Seattle NHL team names, a more difficult task than days gone by. Sports back in Grandpa's heyday were so much easier than they are today. Case in point: team monikers. Back then, franchise names were so simple, so logical that they rolled right off the tongue. The NFL started with foundational...
Golden Knights Can Skip Next Expansion Draft
March 24th, 2018 The good news keeps coming for the Vegas Golden Knights. As the NHL’s 31st franchise closes in on capturing a Pacific Division crown in its first year of existence, it’s being reported that the Golden Knights will not be subjected to losing a player if and when a new franchise is awarded to Seattle. That’s the trade-off...
Russell Wilson: Face of the Seattle Arena Project
November 18th, 2016 Hockey fans across the land agree that Seattle would be an ideal landing spot for an NHL franchise. This week, one of the NFL's biggest names added star power to the cause. The Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson — Super Bowl winner, top-five quarterback and local hero — has signed on to Chris Hansen's arena project, one which came...
Seattle NHL Window is Closing
July 22nd, 2016 Seattle’s bid for an NHL team is still alive, but it may as well be on life support. With only the city of Las Vegas recently being approved for league expansion, many believed that this was the league’s way of giving Seattle another opportunity to get its act together in order to get a franchise. The league had a sure thing in...
Seattle Arena Vote Demonstrates Lack of Vision, Courage
May 6th, 2016 This past Monday, the Seattle city council narrowly voted down a street vacation request that would have paved the way for the issuance of a master use permit to build a new multi-purpose facility in the city's SoDo district. Had the vacation of a little-used section of Occidental Avenue been approved, the project would have effectively...
Seattle Arena: 'Big, Ugly House' to Undergo Final Vote
April 29th, 2016 This coming Monday, the Seattle City Council is slated to vote on vacating a stretch of Occidental Avenue South to entrepreneur Chris Hansen for the purpose of constructing his proposed 18,000+ seat arena, paving the way for issuance of a Master Use Permit. Assuming an NBA team is secured (or more likely, the agreement between Hansen's...