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The Bee's Ailene Voisin hosts: What the Sacramento arena deal means for sports fans

By Matt Kawahara mkawahara@sacbee.com Juan Vargas wore an orange vest over his Chris Webber jersey as he ascended a ramp toward the entrance of Power Balance Pavilion tonight. Written on

A day after Mayor Kevin Johnson worked out a financing deal for a new Entertainment and Sports Complex, Sacramento County voted on its share of the plan which totals to $10 Million.

At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Mayor Kevin Johnson will give a press conference to discuss the latest developments in the effort to build a new sports and entertainment complex in downtown Sacramento.

The ever-desperate arena backers aren’t content to rip-off  taxpayers’ money to fund their sports fantasies. They also have to twist the English language around to disguise greed as civic virtue and self-interest as communal good. • When they deny the … Continue reading →

Kings coach Keith Smart was asked after the team's practice tonight for his reaction to news of the city of Sacramento and the Kings announcing a tentative deal to build

Okay, I admit it.  Never figured the Maloofs would agree to stay in Sacramento and dole out the heavy cash.I still don't quite know where they intend to get the money or how they intend to compete as NBA owners but, hey, it looks like Sacramento i...

This morning a tentative deal was announced to build a new arena in the downtown railyards and it  looks as if it will bridge the funding gap many people including myself did not see doable. Details are expected to be released in a term sheet by th...

As news that the owners of the Sacramento Kings have agreed to a framework that would keep them from moving their team to another city continues to send shockwaves through the community, details of the tentative plans are beginning to … Continue ...

“The city and the Kings announced a tentative deal this morning to build a new arena in the downtown Sacramento railyard. More than half the money would come from leasing the city’s parking to a private operator, but the team’s owners say they’ve also agreed to pay $75 million upfront,” according to SacBee.com. “George...