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SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle says it will consider a possible complete tear down and rebuild of KeyArena as part of a request for proposals on possible redevelopment to the aging facility. The request for proposals was released by the city Wednesday and will consider redevelopment options that extend beyond the current footprint of the facility...

SEATTLE (AP) — Mayor Ed Murray has announced the city of Seattle will issue a request for proposals in January 2017 for redevelopment of KeyArena. Murray announced the plan on Thursday. In a statement, Murray acknowledged that two entities, AEG and The Oak View Group, have contacted the city seeking an agreement on a redevelopment plan for the former home of the Seattle SuperSonics...

SEATTLE (AP) — The five women on Seattle's City Council have responded to sexist attacks against them after a recent council vote sidetracked an arena proposal aimed at bringing the NBA back to the city. In a Wednesday op-ed in The Seattle Times, the councilwomen wrote they were "deeply troubled" at the level of vitriol in social media posts and emails that often threatened "sexual

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle's mayor and an investor have condemned sports fans' sexist attacks against the mostly female City Council after its vote sidetracked a proposed arena project aimed at luring back the NBA. All five women on the nine-member council voted against selling a street to investor Chris Hansen, complicating his plan to build an arena in a Seattle neighborhood to house a professional

SEATTLE (AP) — The investor attempting to build a new basketball and hockey arena in Seattle says his group has yet to be presented with a plan that would have a hockey franchise as the first occupant of the facility. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Chris Hansen said despite speculation about Seattle being a potential NHL expansion market, there has yet to be any formal prop

SEATTLE (AP) — Plans for a proposed multipurpose arena in Seattle's stadium district can move forward after a final environmental impact statement found no major issues to block the project. The FEIS on investor Chris Hansen's plans for an arena near Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field was released by the city Thursday...

While the Seattle Seahawks are climbing to the heights of the National Football League, the symbol of their fans' pride recently made a trek up the world's highest mountain.

SEATTLE (AP) — The man who is trying to bring the NBA's Sacramento Kings to Seattle says fans have requested 44,000 season tickets in the event the team actually relocates. Hedge fund manager Chris Hansen had urged Seattle fans to join a "priority ticket waitlist" to show the NBA how strong support is for bringing professional men's basketball back to the city and calls the result "

SEATTLE (AP) — Longshoremen are still standing in the path of investor Chris Hansen and supporters who want to build an arena for NBA basketball near the Seattle waterfront. Officials with International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19 held a news conference Tuesday to announce an appeal of a Feb...

The "Memorandum of Understanding" between the Seattle City Council and investor Chris Hansen paves the way for a new arena and a possible return of an NBA team to Seattle.