On March 6th, after around three hours of deliberation, the City Council Voted 7-2 in Favor of going through with funding plans to create a new Sports and Entertainment Complex in Downtown Sacramento, with the estimated completion date to be for the 2015-2016 NBA season. With this motion, it allows not only the Sacramento Kings to stay, but the new arena also allows for a host of new entertainment shows such as disney on ice, musicians, and other events.
The location will be in downtown sacramento, near the rail yards. It will be approximately 15 minutes closer than the current I-5 location. The arena is price tagged at close to 391 million, with many different parties pitching in to help fund it.
3 comments:
I like the idea of this new arena. It will bring more business to downtown business's such as hotels and restaurants. We could use some economic stimuli. I'm hesitant at the same time because it could bring the wrong crowd around. Stadiums elsewhere attract purely just a lot of people whether good or bad. I'm curious to see how this pans out for the city of Sacramento. It could be utter chaos!
Sacramento has been needing something like this for a while! Hopefully there will be some cool shows performed here once it's done. All I can hope for now is that the Kings step their game up to the level that will bring the fans to the games!
Also, are you ready for that 1:1 trade yet? :D
I think this is a phenomenal idea! Sacramento needs something that will make it recognized more then just the capital of California, i also think a new arena will drive more people to come to the games, more musicians, and overall entertainment. I really believe that it will help more than just the Kings basketball organization.
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