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The real problem is the ing Clippers. We need to move that franchise back to San Diego and get them the out of LA.
Good to see the Maloof name actually see print over this event. They've been able to keep their actual name out of the Media. Sacramento saw to it that if they're going to eat the sandwich the Maloof Bros. will partake equally.
The real problem is the ing Clippers. We need to move that franchise back to San Diego and get them the out of LA.
Los Angeles Lakers
Anaheim Royals
San Diego Clippers
Now that makes ing sense.
Yeah, it's unsavory & glaring to have them sharing room & board there in Staples, but, the monetary savings for Buss must be something else again on a spread sheet.
Like money from home.
They should combine the Clippers and Kings/Royals and call 'em the Royal Clipperings or something.
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lol clippers trying to share Staples and LA when they could have had OC or San Diego all to themselves.
If the Clippers were somehow losing money, you might have a point.
Clippers are actually earning money and that's what Sterling cares about. Doesn't give a about anything, he doesn't even pay for his employees' health benefits
ill have a point next season, when people choose between Lakers and Royals.
The Clippers made money cuz the seats were cheaper. Now the OC fans will go to the more convient and cheap location in Anaheim. The only fans going to see the clippers are people around LA who cant afford Lakers games.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...ngs-relocationAnaheim City Council approves funding for Kings
Greg Beacham
The Anaheim city council unanimously approved a $75 million bond deal Tuesday night to entice the Sacramento Kings to relocate to Orange County.
The city council twice voted 5-0 for the measures to a round of applause from its packed City Hall meeting room, calling it another major step in luring the Kings to Honda Center.
“Anaheim took a giant step closer to bringing an NBA team to Anaheim and the Honda Center,” Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait said. “I’m thrilled. Actually, a better word is stoked.”
Tait repeatedly emphasized the city is borrowing no money and has no financial risk in the deal. According to every Anaheim official in the meeting, the city is acting as a conduit for a private investment by Henry Samueli, the billionaire owner of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks.
Samueli also manages the city-owned arena, and he’s putting his own money into a deal for $25 million in upgrades to Honda Center including a practice court and new locker rooms, along with another $50 million in moving costs that could include relocation fees paid to the NBA’s other owners.
Although most city officials were careful to emphasize the bonds could be used to move any team, not just the Kings, Council Member Kris Murray acknowledged the obviously messy emotions behind an apparently clean financial deal.
“My heart does go out to the Sacramento fans and residents,” Murray said. “They’re a great team, and I know we would be proud to have them in our city. … I hope we come up with some creative way to replace the cowbell.”
The well-traveled Kings’ move out of the city they’ve called home since 1985 still is far from a done deal, although this lucrative financing deal removes a major obstacle for Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof.
The Kings must file for relocation by April 18, and the NBA’s other 29 owners must approve the move by majority vote. The Maloofs then might need to pay a relocation fee to the owners, including possibly hefty payments to the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, who share Staples Center 35 miles away.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson recently sounded resigned to an inevitable move, but the California capital’s city government has taken a more combative tone recently. On Monday, Sacramento’s assistant city manager sent a letter asking Anaheim to cease all negotiations over worries the Kings might default on $77 million owed to the city from a 1997 loan.
Joe Maloof responded to the letter with his first public comments on the deal, telling the Orange County Register that the Kings will repay everything they owe, and asking Sacramento to stay out of his business dealings.
When asked about the letter, Tait responded: “Well, I’m Mayor of Anaheim, and I look out for the best interests of the city of Anaheim.”
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I think the reason football programs don't work in LA is because there's no glamor in sitting at a football game. At least with basketball, the well to do get to pretend to be fans and get some prime time face time. It's all the rage.
lol an Angeleno who doesn't know how many people live in and around LA.
No Clippers would mean LA gets some Saturday games. I'd approve.
This is all just a ploy to give the Lakers an additional 8 home games a year. The rest of the league plays 41 on the road, Lakers play 33. Nice advantage.
get real mam...Lakers make money cuz they get the OC and Inland Empire coming to thier games too.
Trust me...Inland Empire and OC folks will be going to Royals game over Clippers games.
Trust me...as long as Donald sells the suites and gets the TV money, he'll be fine.
Is your goal to repeat this enough times that it somehow magically becomes true?
Looks like given the area's population the LA metro area could support 5 teams. I look forward to supporting the Riverside Spurs and Pasadena Grizzlies.
Go Pasadena Hornets!!!!
Westwood Studios... oops
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