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duncan228
03-15-2008, 12:22 AM
I didn't see this posted, forgive me if I missed it.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/nba/03/14/sonics.relocation.ap/index.html

Sonics one step closer to leaving
Team reaches deal on arena lease with Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City reached a preliminary agreement on a lease at the Ford Center, pending NBA approval of the team's move.

The deal calls for the club to pay the city $1.6 million annually for use of the building and reimburse $409,000 per year to replace revenue from naming rights.

The agreement calls for a 15-year term, but has an exit clause after the sixth year if revenues fall from the first two years after the Ford Center's renovations are completed.

TampaDude
03-15-2008, 11:14 AM
The Oklahoma City SuperSonics??? That sounds as out-of-place as the Los Angeles Lakers... :lol

boutons_
03-15-2008, 12:25 PM
Los Angeles Tar Pits.

Mr.Bottomtooth
03-15-2008, 12:27 PM
Oklahome City Sea Otters
:hat

T Park
03-15-2008, 12:32 PM
Could call em the Cowboys.

boutons_
03-15-2008, 12:39 PM
About $40K/home game, sounds like a sweetheart deal.

$40K/19K seats = $2/seat rented, for ticket prices that average over $25?. I'll take that deal.