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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

February 2nd, 2008

Seattle weathering the Storm

According to a story in the Seattle Times, the news keeps getting better and better for the Storm and their fans.
The City Council will vote on a resolution that asks for all involved to help extend the Storm’s lease in Seattle.
Save Our Sonics and Storm, a group that is fighting the potential relocation of the […]

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January 8th, 2008

Clay Bennett selling Seattle Storm

Looks as though the Storm will be staying in Seattle.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local ownership group is purchasing the Seattle Storm from Clay Bennett.
The Seattle Storm is staying put. A local ownership group has bought the WNBA franchise from Clay Bennett and his Oklahoma City-based group, a source with knowledge of the […]

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December 6th, 2007

Aw, geez, not this s*** again!

Ya know, you go and give reporters some kudos and a columnist comes and whacks it all up.
Tags: anne-donovan, dennis-rodman, detroit-shock, key-arena, paul-westhead, save-our-storm, seattle-storm, sue-birdShare This

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November 3rd, 2007

Storm may stay if Sonics go

While I haven’t had the time to go over Clay Bennett’s statement regarding his notification to the NBA of the impending move of the Seattle Sonics, the Seattle Times has and what they’ve found might be good news for Storm fans.
“We have not made a decision regarding the future location of the Seattle Storm,” Bennett […]

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November 2nd, 2007

Storm, Sonics have buyers, but no seller

A Seattle-based group has offered to purchase the Seattle Storm and Sonics from owner Clay Bennett in an effort to keep the teams playing in the area and at KeyArena.
Tags: clay-bennett, save-our-storm, seattle-storm, WNBAShare This

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November 1st, 2007

Fourteen questions and answers about the Seattle arena

From The Seattle Times, 14 questions about the arena situation plaguing the city of Seattle along with the Storm and Sonics.
Some highlights:

Q: Why isn’t a KeyArena remodel acceptable to Bennett?
A: KeyArena is the NBA’s smallest venue and lacks many of the restaurants, concessions and other amenities — especially for wealthy customers — that other arenas […]

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October 26th, 2007

David Stern not confident about Seattle

From TrueHoop:
Henry Abbott was on a conference call with NBA Commissioner David Stern, who said the stadium situation would need a “miracle” to get resolved.
Tags: clay-bennett, save-our-sonics, save-our-storm, seattle-storm, WNBAShare This

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October 2nd, 2007

Two Sonics, Storm fans sue ownership group

As reported by the Seattle Times and the Tacoma News Tribune, two season-ticket holders for the Seattle Sonics and Storm plan to sue the teams and their ownership group for breach of contract, unfair business practices, etc.
The plaintiffs, Carolyn Bechtel and Patrick Shehee, charge that they would not have purchased a ticket package that included […]

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