NBA now leading effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento

In a bit of good news for people who want the Kings to stay in Sacramento, the NBA is now leading the effort to keep the Kings.  The fact that the NBA has stepped in at all tells me that they're not quite ready to let the Maloofs move.  The Maloof name is mud around here, so pushing them to the background might take a little sting off the next arena plan.  I hope the NBA will negotiate more reasonably than the Maloofs have, since the dollars and cents only affect the league indirectly.  It might be better for the Maloofs to move to a city that would give them a free ride, but it isn't necessarily better for the league, especially given the uncertain situations in Seattle, Portland, Oklahoma City and New Orleans.  This is the first positive arena news in quite some time.

One more thing - any new arena plan must include a surcharge (10%?) on every ticket sold in the new arena.  The people who use the arena should pay for at least some of it.

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[LivingInUrbanSac]

"One more thing - any new arena plan must include a surcharge (10%?) on every ticket sold in the new arena. The people who use the arena should pay for at least some of it."

Apparently, this was part of what the county wanted to do for the financing, but the Maloofs were very much against it.

But I agree, I don't know why this wouldn't be part of it. It won't solve everything, but every little bit helps. Little from ticket surcharge, little from TOT, little from the Maloofs, little from private money, little from the city and you start to close that gap pretty quick.