Re: Sonics to OKC? Seriously?

On May 1, 7:15=A0pm, "Don't Taze Me, Bro!" <No2Exis...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:67vab8F2qaifbU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> If he moves the team to OKC... I predict it to be a failure with-in 5
> >> years.
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> > Why? Same size and only pro s****ts team =A0as ****tland, SLC and San
Anto=
nio.
> > And like ****tland and Utah it will be a state wide market.
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> San Antonio is the 4th fastest growing city in America with 2 million
> regional residence. That does not include Austin which has another 2
milli=
on
> people.. plus tons of college students.
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> ****tland has 2 million people in its metropolitan area... and I don't
thin=
k
> Paul Allen would move them if he was losing money.
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> SLC has the entire Salt Lake Valley... which is about 2.2 million
people..=
..
> That does not include Provo (to the south) and Ogden (to the north).
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> SLC, according to Forbes, is the fastest growing business city in the
> country right now... which means patrons.
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> Those cities are all growing and have larger populations than the
Oklahoma=

> City area which has 1.2 million citizens...
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> Lastly, I cannot see Oklahomans spending a lot of their money on
basketbal=
l
> games. The per capita income is 19,098... Does the owner think OKC can
> afford to build them a ****ney new arena that can compete with other NBA
> teams?


They already have an arena.  Remember when NO has to move out after
Katrina?  They played in OKC.


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> I just think St. Louis sounds like a better bet.