No, take this for what its worth from a professional in the field, but this is the right/last thing you can try to do. Being nice isn't going to cut it -- its obvious the Maloofs are lining up to leave and aren't even talking about not doing so. So once nice is off the board, that's when it comes time to make it expensive and try to convince them that way. Make their partners nervous. Its a strike suit, Sacramento will likely have to settle or lose, but ANY disruption or delay the city can cause is in its best interests at this point. Any doubt they can throw into the proceedings on the 15th. Remember the Maloofs are still on an extension here, if you can muddle things past the extension time, or worry the other owners enough to have doubts, or just anything, who knows, then maybe you throw a wrench into the works and survive this deadline. That's got to be the goal now. Survive this deadline, through whatever means. If you can somehow divert it this year, then the longer you can keep them in town, however unwillingly, the longer you have to start building an arena, which at some point would make it very hard for the Maloofs to justify a move to the other owners.