Muckleshoot Tribe offers free site for Sonics arena

Tuesday, September 18, 2007  

The Muckleshoot Tribe of Washington is offering free land to anyone who wants to build an arena for the Seattle Sonics and Storm.

The tribe owns 26 acres next to its Emerald Downs race track. Although the site is about 25 miles south of Seattle, the tribe says it is feasible for a sports arena.

But the tribe says the facility would cost $450 million. Some sort of financing plan would have be to developed.

The proposed site is not held in trust.

Get the Story:
Muckleshoot Tribe offers to donate 26 acres for new arena (The Seattle Times 9/18)
Study says Auburn site would work, but Sonics arena would cost $450M (The Seattle Times 9/18)
Muckleshoots offer free land to NBA arena project (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 9/18)
Tribe offers land to Sonics (The Tacoma News Tribune 9/18)

Relevant Documents:
Draft: Muckleshoot arena report

Relevant Links:
Muckleshoot Tribe - http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us
Seattle SuperSonics - http://www.nba.com/sonics

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Muckleshoot Tribe to release Sonics arena plan (6/27)
Muckleshoot Tribe in talks with NBA team owner (6/6)
Muckleshoot Tribe eyes relocation of Sonics (6/5)
Column: Muckleshoot Tribe interested in the Sonics (6/4)