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KamaAina

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16. I never did get that one.

Reply to LittleBlue (Reply #5)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:49 PM

Jul 2015

Seattle is a major metropolitan area. That other place, not so much. Yeah, yeah, yeah, old arena, but weren't the TV rights worth more than he's getting now? And no competition from hockey, either, unlike most markets your size.

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I never did get that one. KamaAina Jul 2015 #16

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