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I certainly don't know enough about the area to agree or disagree with your asessment although I have already gone on record about the fact that the Lakers deal goes into effect in 2012 and not this fall.
My guess, though, is that a year's delay in the big money may cost the Maloof's their Palms. In fact maybe they should give up but that's up to them. Without that huge problem, they'd be distributing liquor and owning a team and probably far more be secure. No pain, no gain I guess. This is financial pain.
I think they are like on a rubber band that if you add a little more weight/problems it will snap. This is speculation but not unreasonable.
And in come the city's lawyers.Snap?
They sold that to pay off part of the palms remember?