Exactly. In a sick way I'm somewhat encouraged right now. They could not have presented themselves in a worse light publically than they did just now. How could anyone walk away from that thinking "You know what, these are reasonable businessmen with valid points"? And as they said it's basically the same presentation they gave to the BOG.
News from the NBA BOG meeting - April 2012
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Here's the first report from the Bee. Headline is pretty telling:
Kings' Owners Suggest PBP Renovation Rather than New Arena
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4411658/maloofs-say-arena-plan-imperils.html
Oh and the deal would put the Kings at huge financial risk and the city on the edge of financial disaster, but we're not trying to kill the deal. "Why would you even ask that"?
Kings' Owners Suggest PBP Renovation Rather than New Arena
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4411658/maloofs-say-arena-plan-imperils.html
Oh and the deal would put the Kings at huge financial risk and the city on the edge of financial disaster, but we're not trying to kill the deal. "Why would you even ask that"?
Here's the first report from the Bee. Headline is pretty telling:
Kings' Owners Suggest PBP Renovation Rather than New Arena
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4411658/maloofs-say-arena-plan-imperils.html
Oh and the deal would put the Kings at huge financial risk and the city on the edge of financial disaster, but we're not trying to kill the deal. "Why would you even ask that"?
Kings' Owners Suggest PBP Renovation Rather than New Arena
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/13/4411658/maloofs-say-arena-plan-imperils.html
Oh and the deal would put the Kings at huge financial risk and the city on the edge of financial disaster, but we're not trying to kill the deal. "Why would you even ask that"?
They still want to move to Anaheim.
The Maloofs are pathetic and moronic. They're like a stupid little kid who has a pet dog, but doesnt feed it. Then when the dog starts starving to death, they start bugging other people to feed the dog.
Wish there was a way to force them to sell. I hope Burkle just says **** it and gives them an offer they cant refuse. Sucks when you have to pin your hopes on an unlikely savior scenario though.
The Maloofs are pathetic and moronic. They're like a stupid little kid who has a pet dog, but doesnt feed it. Then when the dog starts starving to death, they start bugging other people to feed the dog.
Wish there was a way to force them to sell. I hope Burkle just says **** it and gives them an offer they cant refuse. Sucks when you have to pin your hopes on an unlikely savior scenario though.
I'd like to point out again that the Maloof's own economist said that the current arena plan is beyond the King's financial means and, in his opinion, the city's. He said it when he went into his spiel about how you build a house plans based on how much money you have, not make the plans first and then find the money. I wonder if there's a transcript somewhere...
Why was it a mistake? Because:
Didn't focus on core negotiation problems. Opened it up to "why we are done with Sacramento" presentation from economist. Probably should have dropped that part but left it in from yesterday BOG presentation. Really bad idea. Then George should have not spoken. The more he opened his mouth, the more he sounded like a liar. You know how when someone is not telling the truth how they tend to over explain their reasons. Then just bringing Arco back into the picture with renovation was about as insincere as you can get.
Didn't focus on core negotiation problems. Opened it up to "why we are done with Sacramento" presentation from economist. Probably should have dropped that part but left it in from yesterday BOG presentation. Really bad idea. Then George should have not spoken. The more he opened his mouth, the more he sounded like a liar. You know how when someone is not telling the truth how they tend to over explain their reasons. Then just bringing Arco back into the picture with renovation was about as insincere as you can get.
Oh hey, anyone remember this?
March 27th, 2011
"The Maloof family has rejected an 11th-hour plan to keep the Sacramento Kings from relocating to Anaheim, reports the Sacramento Bee. A plan to renovate Power Balance Pavilion (formerly known as ARCO Arena) while a new facility was built unfolded over the past five days. But the agents behind the idea -- several of which were involved in bringing the Kings to Sacramento in the 1980s -- failed to convince George Maloof, Jr. on Friday that the plan was feasible."
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/3/...nto-kings-arena-plan-anaheim-relocation-seems
From Sac Bee same day:
"A representative of the Maloofs listened to their plan in depth, but they do not have the financing in place and a renovation of the existing structure is not an adequate solution," the team said
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/27/3506320/kings-deal.html#storylink=omni_popular#storylink=cpy
March 27th, 2011
"The Maloof family has rejected an 11th-hour plan to keep the Sacramento Kings from relocating to Anaheim, reports the Sacramento Bee. A plan to renovate Power Balance Pavilion (formerly known as ARCO Arena) while a new facility was built unfolded over the past five days. But the agents behind the idea -- several of which were involved in bringing the Kings to Sacramento in the 1980s -- failed to convince George Maloof, Jr. on Friday that the plan was feasible."
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/3/...nto-kings-arena-plan-anaheim-relocation-seems
From Sac Bee same day:
"A representative of the Maloofs listened to their plan in depth, but they do not have the financing in place and a renovation of the existing structure is not an adequate solution," the team said
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/03/27/3506320/kings-deal.html#storylink=omni_popular#storylink=cpy
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Not only that, but claiming Stockton is heading toward insolvency because it built an arena. That city got crushed when the housing and construction bubbles burst and lost huge on income tax with foreclosures. Not because they built an arena in 2004. That's insulting
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-29/stockton-california-bankruptcy/53296106/1
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-29/stockton-california-bankruptcy/53296106/1
