Mayor rarely seen at Sonics' games
Nickels admits going to ‘handful' of games

 
By Nolan Clay
Published: May 15, 2008

Seattle 's mayor admitted in testimony last month that he rarely went to SuperSonics' games and Seattle will remain a world-class city even if the NBA team leaves.

"A handful. Four or five,” Mayor Greg Nickels said about the number of games he'd been to in the last 10 years.

Seattle is suing to keep the NBA team there two more seasons because of a lease. The Oklahoma -based owners want to play in Oklahoma...


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