RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Negotiations aimed at luring the NHL’s Washington Capitals and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to northern Virginia have “ended” and the proposal to create a development district with a new arena for the teams “will not move forward,” the city of Alexandria said Wednesday. Virginia’s House speaker also confirmed he was told […]
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Oklahoma City voters consider 1% sales tax to build a $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — When a group of Oklahoma City investors moved the NBA’s SuperSonics from Seattle in 2008 and renamed the franchise the Thunder, civic pride swelled at the arrival of the state’s first major league sports franchise. Since then, the Oklahoma City Thunder have played their home games in what is now a modest […]