From the sports arena construction watchdog blog Field of Schemes by Joanna Cagan and Neil deMause, posted a few days ago:
According to The Oklahoman newspaper, Seattle Sonics owner and Oklahoma City native Clay Bennett declared recently that OKC’s Ford Center “is fine for the immediate future, but the city eventually will need a new building.” The Ford Center will turn five years old this June.
A few years back – while the Ford Center was still under construction, in fact – economist Rod Fort told me, “I don’t see anything wrong, from an owner’s perspective, with the idea of a new stadium every year.” At the time, I thought he was joking, but now…
Quoth a commenter: “Maybe they’re thinking in dog years?”
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