Building An Arena In Seattle

 I know that everyone has an opinion whether an arena should be built in Seattle either at Sodo area or replacing the Key Arena at Seattle Center. Other options are building one in Tukwila or Bellevue; whatever the case at this point there is no guarantee that Seattle will get another NBA team or have a hockey team.

 

Whether a team does come or not there is thought that an arena can be used a lot for concerts. Since the idea is private funding instead of public like has happened in the past I think having a new arena is a good idea however I do have a thought of another idea.

Since Safeco Field has retractable roofs why not use it to house an NBA team. There is enough seats and it would work like a dome stadium that has been used before in Seattle well as elsewhere.  We could find out how much it would cost to renovate the Key Arena to be used for hockey.  The Key Arena is already being used for the WNBA Seattle Storm and Seattle University. In fact it was just announced that the WNBA is going to have their All-Star game being played there next year on July 22^nd.  Not sure what the difference would be to renovate Key Arena for both Hockey and NBA or hockey only. Another thing if the NHL doesn’t come to Seattle at least the Storm and Seattle U. would have a renovated arena.

Another idea I have if the Key Arena is not renovated how about having the Hockey team play in the Tacoma Dome. Tacoma already announced that they were planning to renovate the Tacoma Dome. It would be big enough to have a hockey play there. We know that the Sonics played there when Key Arena was renovated before. Anyway that is some thought on my side. What do you think?