http://insidebiz.com/news/sources-sacramento-kings-may-move-virginia-beach-arena-deal-works

8/23/2012 3:16:32 PM

VB Kings. I like it. Lucile can be their mascot.

8/23/2012 3:21:38 PM

this is kind of shocking, right? virginia beach?

8/23/2012 3:22:22 PM

ain't gonna happen

like ever.

8/23/2012 3:25:17 PM

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"In addition, the Atlantic Coast Conference has agreed to place Virginia Beach on its list as a future venue for college ACC conference tournaments."

8/23/2012 3:30:23 PM

For a long time that area was the largest without a pro team, before Vegas took over.

8/23/2012 3:37:22 PM

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"ain't gonna happen like ever."

8/23/2012 3:42:58 PM

VB sucks donkey balls. worst beach in the world

8/23/2012 3:43:11 PM

one of the larger states. largest state without a pro team by far and theres nothing in eastern nc or sc anyway. Huge amount of base between the wizards bobcats and hawks. They will get a crab or navy related nickname.

8/23/2012 3:43:43 PM

VIRGINIA BEACH GENIUSBOYS

8/23/2012 3:47:02 PM

BRING BACK THE RALEIGH BULLFROGS

8/23/2012 3:57:34 PM

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"They will get a crab or navy related nickname."

the baltimore claws, a hilariously sad story

http://www.remembertheaba.com/Baltimore-Claws.html

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"It seems that the Claws have simply taken their Memphis Sounds jerseys (inherited from Memphis), and sewn a "Claws" patch on the front. The patch doesn't even really match the color of the uniform. Classic ABA! ... While the ABA, Cohan and Boucher argued about the $500,000 needed to satisfy the ABA's upcoming deadline, the Claws players waited for the team to pay three days of back "per diem", at $20 per day. Claws management promised that the players' meal money would be paid, but the players kept on waiting. ... The Claws' office at the Baltimore Civic Center was padlocked by the owners of the arena, because the Claws' owners refused to pay any more bills. ... Nobody missed the Baltimore Claws. "

[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM. Reason : -]

8/23/2012 4:01:49 PM

8/23/2012 4:08:16 PM

I was always under the impression Virginia Beach was the black beach.

Are there like corporations and stuff there??? Not understanding how this area could support an NBA team. What's next, Kinston?

8/23/2012 5:14:27 PM

This will never happen until the VB city council and the rest of Hamton Roads decide they can start coming to more of an agreement on things. Take for instance their rail system The Tide. VB does not want The Tide to connect from Norfolk to VB because VB does not wan the "Riff Raff".

ODU monarchs bball games are bad ass though. Open Liquor bar on the VIP floor.

8/23/2012 5:23:18 PM

39th largest city in the u.s.

8/23/2012 5:25:10 PM

Allen Iverson to sign with Kings?

8/23/2012 5:43:50 PM

I think the beaches in the Mississippi area are worse than Virgnia Beach actually.

Ugly, dirty, poor, etc. You name it. Nobody likes those beaches.


I don't see how a team could survive. The Bobcats fan base stretches pretty far and wide. Not sure many people would be willing to convert to a new team in the area. Plus you've got all the diehard Wizards fans who are never going to convert to a new team.

Plus they'd have to trade Boogie Cousins. No way he could behave himself in a Hood Rat city.

[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 6:04 PM. Reason : a]

8/23/2012 6:02:39 PM

fuck that shit

Kings to Seattle

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"Ridiculous report of Kings to Virginia Beach out there Kurt Helin Aug 23, 2012, 2:55 PM EDT 10 Comments The Sacramento Kings are not moving to Virginia Beach. We’ll start there then go to the reports that started the whole Internet buzz on Thursday. Next week a group of business leaders in the Virginia City area will make a pitch to their City Council about starting the process to build a new arena in that city, reports the Virginian-Pilot. The kind of arena that would house an NBA team. Good for them, dreaming big. You can bet one of those people reached out to the Kings ownership — the Maloof family — as a preliminary feeler. From there things seemed to spiral out of control and well away from logic. Business Insider — a publication based out of Virginia — wrote a story saying about the effort to build a stadium and adding the Sacramento Kings were part of the effort and seemed willing to move across the country to the Virginia Beach/Norfolk market. The owners of the Sacramento Kings, an NBA franchise, and officials from Philadelphia-based Comcast-Spectacor are expected to be in Virginia Beach Tuesday to propose moving the team to the resort city and for Comcast to help build and lease a new pro sports arena. Media giant Comcast will guarantee a 25-year lease on a new arena, supposedly for naming rights and for broadcasting the games, sources said. Comcast owns NBC and Global Spectrum, which operates arenas and stadiums across the country including the Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University. City officials and the Maloof family are expected to announce Wednesday that the Kings will land in Virginia Beach, sources said. Here is part of the litany of problems with this concept: • No source of any substance anywhere thinks this is happening. That includes sources in Sacramento. • The Maloofs are looking for a partner right now, someone who will pay for a new arena but leave them with majority control of the team. Good luck with that, by the way. But that is not what is proposed here. • Any move of the Kings will have to be approved by other NBA owners, most of whom are not thrilled with how the Maloofs have handled the situation in Sacramento. Let’s just say right now there is not a lot of good will out there to help the Maloofs out and get them to another market around the league. • Virginia Beach/Norfolk is the 43rd largest television market in the nation, much smaller than the greater Sacramento area (20th largest). It would be the third smallest television market for an NBA team, ahead of only Oklahoma City and New Orleans. To be fair, the NBA will move teams to smaller markets (Seattle to Oklahoma City) but it is not the preferred move by owners. • They are talking about the feasibility of building a new arena. Anybody who has followed what it takes to get an arena built knows that from feasibility to open doors it is about four years if everything goes smoothly. And things never go smoothly. So think five or six years from now before this new home opens. That is behind the pace of proposed projects in Seattle, and well behind things like the already built and open Sprint Center in Kansas City. Or even the already built arena in Anaheim the Maloofs are already eyeing. • Which is to say, even if Virginia Beach builds an arena it’s unlikely the Kings will be in it. • For the record, I have had no contact with anyone from Comcast or NBC about this story. "

[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 6:17 PM. Reason : yo]

8/23/2012 6:11:52 PM

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"The Bobcats fan base stretches pretty far and wide. "

LOL.

8/24/2012 7:04:28 AM

Face always finds a way to bring the LULZ

8/25/2012 8:48:56 PM

Kings should move to Louisville

bring back the Kentucky Colonels

8/25/2012 9:16:02 PM

For a while, people were saying they were a done deal to Anaheim.

My logic always told me San Diego but theres no modern arena in place there.

8/25/2012 9:19:32 PM

that will end up being a bigger money pit than the WNBA, the NFL should run the NBA so it wouldn't be such a financial mess

8/25/2012 11:48:38 PM

You guys realize that Virginia Beach is a part of a large metro area with Norfolk and Hampton, right?

It's ranked 36th, ahead of the Nashville, Milwaukee, Jacksonville, Memphis, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, and Buffalo metro areas. It's definitely an NBA-sized city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas

8/27/2012 1:58:16 PM