Are Any Sacramento Arena Proposals Serious?

To paraphrase my dear friend, Kang:

“My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a basketball, but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.”

I still like the railyards, but the up-front cost on that would scare of anyone, even during flush times. Whoever does it is going to make a killing, but it’s a 25-year investment, and no one thinks that far ahead anymore.

Or have transcripts provided to the public?

Those are the only two ‘serious’ arena proposals. I agree that the 3rd and L parking garage conversion is quite a tight squeeze, unless we cement the greenery on capitol mall into a parking structure. The Haines proposal on Front street seems nice at first, but getting there will cause more trouble than having AI and T-Mac under the tutelage of Scott Skiles.

I really hope that the arena issue is settled soon. I voted yes on the previous arena issues, and will continue to do so in the future, regardless of this team’s record (although this team is on it’s way up in the league).

Go for the clean slate approach, I think unexpected costs are always less.

Eve though I live in the SF bay area, I’d HATE to see the Kings leave to a city like San Jose.

I love the underdog grit & small-town edge that playing in Sac gives the team. It’s an us against the world mentality and, guys, Arco is rocking again. Not quite like it did during the glory years but my god, it’s getting there — only a matter of time. A Lakers-Kings first round playoff match up is a distinct possibility…THIS year. How freaking cool is that?

It’s good to see the Maloofs reinvigorated by their recent sale of the beer distributorship license. Maybe I’m wrong but they do seem genuinely interested in reconnecting w/the Sacramento fan base.

…why the Maloofs don’t want a new building in Natomas??

Maybe they were able to be more picky a couple of years ago when moving the team seemed more feasible, but at this point don’t you think pretty much anything is on the table for all parties involved?

but it sunk.

Right next to Downtown baby!

Have one or two people you want to win and surround them with no hopers that make the one you want to win sound really good.

The whole reason parking lot’s were built in the 50’s for stadium’s was to designed THE NEW focus towards the passenger car. If the Maloof’s continue to believe that they will have a large revenue stream from parking they are sadly mistaken. That is the biggest reason (other than the railyards could be a central piece of re-developing that part of downtown) I like the arena being put in the railyards.

Anything that destroys the waterfront is purposeless. Anything that destroys access to the waterfront is purposeless.

We shall see however.

I assume when people speak of “public transit” or “mass transit” in the arena issue, they are speaking of Sacramento’s RT. And considering RT’s track record thus far with the Toonerville Trolley system they have now, does anyone think that they will be able to step up their game when the arena (no matter where it is sited) opens?

(nervous fidgeting)

As much as we would all “like” this city to act like Portland in terms of mass transit, MetroSac is built and designed – albeit poorly – around the automobile.

It is for that reason that the various Cal Expo proposals through the years have been met with a collective “meh” from the general public – they know what a clusterfrack the CCF will be before and after a Kings game.

Speaking on a purely logical and logistical basis, the first and best proposal for an Arco replacement is at the current Arco Park site. The Maloofs already own the land, there won’t be any environmental or traffic mitigation hassles, and construction can (conceivably) begin at any time.

The downtown proposals are nice for a collective circle-wank, but they are all inevitably doomed due to the red tape and environmental “review” which has made Sacramento such a wonderful city (/sarc) in which to conduct business in the past.

I would love to catch Kings games if there was reasonable lodging and transit handy