Seattle to OKC: By the millions

 

Published: July 3, 2008

From Seattle to Oklahoma City , the dollars-and-sense look at the deal that brought an NBA team here:

$350 million: Amount the owners paid to purchase the franchise from a group headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz in July 2006.

$500 million: Projected cost of a proposed new Sonics arena in Bellevue , Wash. The Washington state legislature failed to vote on the measure by the owners' Oct. ...


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