September 24, 2007
Seattle sues Sonics over lease
Back atchya! The city of Seattle filed suit against the Sonics today, in an attempt to head off the team's arbitration filing and force it to honor the remaining three years of its lease on KeyArena. To press its case, the city has hired attorney Slade Gorton, who as a U.S. Senator is best remembered around these parts for brokering the deal that gave the Mariners an extra $45 million in subsidies once it became clear that Safeco Field was going to go over budget, and the M's said they'd move to Vancouver if they didn't get more cash. Takes one to know one, I guess...
—Neil deMause
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