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Bye-Bye Sonics
enjoytheenjoyment.com - 7/3/2008
Bye-Bye Sonics
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Update... So the settlement is this, however Nickels sugarcoats it: the team is gone, though we get the team colors and history. Bennett is on the hook for $75 million, with $30 million of that payable in 2013 if Seattle hasn't gotten an NBA team by then. But that $30 million is only payable if the state legislature ponies up money to renovate KeyArena. So, Nickels is trying to shift the ...
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