Ford Center plan must be OK'd before Sonics vote

 
By Bryan Dean
Published: December 21, 2007

O KLAHOMA CITY voters will decide March 4 whether they want their city to be an NBA town.

The city will ask voters to approve a temporary 1-cent sales tax to pay for improvements at the Ford Center that would put the arena on par with the best NBA venues in the country, Mayor Mick Cornett said Thursday.

The vote will come a month before NBA owners decide whether to approve the Seattle SuperSonics ' applica...


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