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Article: Owner wants to move Sonics to Oklahoma City
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- November 3, 2007
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SEATTLE -- The Seattle SuperSonics' new owner told the NBA on
Friday that he plans to move the team to Oklahoma City.
Clay Bennett had set a Wednesday deadline for having a plan to
replace KeyArena, which he says is outdated. He and the city are in
a dispute about the arena lease.
He has until March 1 to file for relocation with the NBA if he
wants the team to play the 2008-09 season anywhere besides Seattle.
The Sonics are the city's oldest major professional sports
franchise.
Bennett briefly backed off his deadline, not wanting to distract
from the start of the season. He watched Thursday night's home
opener against Phoenix from his suite, spending most of the second
half chatting with ...