They built it, they came, they left. But they'll be back...

 
Pick a city.  Any city.  How about any city with a regional population of around a million people?  Try, say...Oklahoma City.  Then try building an arena in the downtown area, close to the restaurants, the canal, the river, the freeway, and the metro transit system.  How about an arena as large as the Los Angeles Lakers' Staples Center?  Yes, that's right the Ford Center in downtown Oklahoma City can seat 20,000.  Just like the Staples Center.  Did he say, "Just like the Staples Center"?  Well, actually he did.  You see, I was there on opening night for the Oklahoma City Hornets.  They played the Sacramento Kings and had so much emotion and excitement going in that arena that they didn't even score for the first three minutes of the game.  And the crowd thanked them by...sitting down!  Yes, the crowd, all 19,163 fans (a sellout at the time in that particular configuration) were standing from the National Anthem to the player ... [link]

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