But I’ve loved the “idea” and the location couldn’t be better, could it?

And infrastructure costs can’t be mitigated with a wave of the wand either – so stay tuned.

as well. After listening the gentlemen representing the “plan”, it sounded as if freeway upgrades/adjustments would be part of the proposal. Which should calm the fears of many Sacramento folks who ride these highways to work on a daily basis. (Although, I’m pretty sick of hearing them bitch and complain about the potential freeway issues to be honest…Face it..Sacramento is NOT a one stop town anymore fellas..It could be much worse!)

As far as the potential new arena, I’m reluctantly excited about the idea. I’m a purest of sorts who would love to one day take my kids to Arco 2 for a game, but the reality of the situation is that in order to survive in such a competitive market, you need state of the art facilities. Shit, you think we feel bad about leaving Arco 2, go ahead and ask the Celtic fans about leaving the Garden, or The Bulls fans about leaving old Chicago Stadium.

However, I’m beginning to see the anti-arena flags already being waved around town. If you check out the recent posts on the story which ran this morning on sacbee.com regarding the arena issue, you will find a large group of misguided/misinformed/shortsided Sacramentans expressing their views. I’m a patient man and I was able to laugh off their views this morning while eating a bowl of cheerios, but I have a feeling this issue regarding these depressed/pessamistic (see Dave Jones) Sacramentans is going to annoy the hell out of me in the near future.

However, CHEERS to the NBA and Cal Expo (Stern and Pete Wilson included) for getting the wheels rolling on this issue. I just can’t get this disgusting nightmear out of my head, where I’m envisioning Seattle fans and Sacramento Fans sitting together, wondering aloud “What the Hell did we do to deserve this??“

how quickly some people can form a negative opinion. The infrastructure is a great example. Even without any renovation at Cal Expo the Cap City Freeway is a mess through there. Could a renovation at Cal Expo be a catalyst for the road work that has needed to be done? Perhaps.

I also love the folks that think the arena should be in the railyard. I wonder how they voted on “Q” and “R.”

You’re right, 916. There will always be people that will pee on any new idea. These are the same people that will be mad if the NBA strikes a good deal for the Maloof’s, even if it doesn’t cost the taxpayer anything. Envy, it seems, is just as green as money.

There is no infa-structure for anything Cal Expo, and can you imagine a late-pre Xmas-December game Cal Expo. Good luck walking, because driving would take you longer. Not only that, the demand for busing to the actual arena would increase because the site has enough to provide some parking, but it will be just such a hassle getting there. There’s nothing wrong with the Cal Expo location, but widening the road IS NOT the answer.

I make this comment for this reason. Like many here, I happen to be from Sacramento, or at least living in the area for a long time. I remember the days where driving on Hwy 160 5pm was nothing because relatively few people used it as much. Worse, there weren't many bottlenecks once you passed El Camino on Biz 80. Nowadays, by the time you hit Royal Oaks Dr, you're in a traffic jam because of all the merging traffic Cal Expo. I’m all for this stuff, but it’s gotta make sense in an infa-structure possibility. So you to decide to widen the roads? For what? Gas fueled cars as gas prices will rise to probably over 5 dollars a gallon by the time the Arena gets built? (I’m being nice with the 5 dollars a gallon btw.) MY point is that public transportation needs to be the part that gets upgraded, and the roads, which would be fine for transportating mostly busloads of people, would not have to be widened to accomodate 3 or 4 people in cars traffic.

For the record, anyone who believes monorail is an useful idea, should come up to Seattle and see how well that piece of crap works. I’ve railed against monorail before, and will again, and again, and again, until people get my point. Monorail looks nice, and is utterly useless to the general public here. Unless you have a dying need to get an elevated view of 5th ave between the Westlake Center and the Space Needle.

Last but not least, the Maloof’s if they get a public subsidy as large as the whole arena, can finally shut the fuck up about how much money THEY get for parking, and just allow public transportation to the damn game. Every other city has it for chrissake. Sacramento should too.