((HT: WVEC-TV))
Here's one from left field for you...
In all the talks about the NBA's Sacramento Kings, the HQ has heard staying, moving to Anaheim and being bought by the Samueli family, and moving to either Seattle for the proposed arena there or going even further up the coast to Vancouver...
How about Virginia Beach...???
That's right... Virginia Beach...
Comcast-Spectacor is meeting with the city to discuss the idea of a new 18,000-seat building and a Facebook page has creeped up suggesting the idea of liking the idea of bringing the Kings to the Beach- a metropolitan area that holds more than 1.7-million people.
The Kings of Virginia Beach...??? Maybe...
"To sit back and tell you I don't want a professional sports team in Virginia Beach- I'd be lying. I really do," mayor Will Sessoms admitted. "I think it would be tremendously supported by Virginia Beach and our region."
But he doesn't want to do it on the backs of his taxpayers...
"Are they willing to put money into the project or are they willing to give up revenues generated from the project to pay for it? What can we do with the Commonwealth of Virginia - will they step up and pay for this project? Will the NBA, if they were to be a partner, step up and give money or whatever professional sports group there is?," Sessoms told WVEC.
From 13WVEC themselves.:
KXTV, the ABC station in Sacramento, tells 13News that Maloof/Kings spokesman Troy Hanson said the Maloof family "gets calls from cities all the time" but that there was nothing imminent with any city, including Virginia Beach.
Phillip Newswanger and Bill Cresenzo over at the Hampton Roads Business Journal report that last week the Maloofs met with Comcast-Spectacor and that the domain names vbkings and virginiabeachkings.com have been locked up as a matter of protocol...
But, of course, the Kings are denying anything is in place...
Here's Andy Fox's report on the latest...
((HT: WAVY-TV))
Thursday UPDATE: After the meeting, Comcast-Spectacor Peter Luukko was divulged to have been the one who spoke to the city- but, surprising no one, any mention of the Sacramento Kings didn't happen...
Here's the "After..."
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