Before a puck ever drops for professional hockey in Seattle, the ground had to drop out from below Key Arena in order to preserve the historic building’s roofline. That stipulation… Read More
Professional hockey is coming back to the Emerald City. The NHL Board of Directors on Tuesday awarded an expansion franchise to Seattle, where the league’s 32nd team will play games… Read More
NFL COO Tod Leiweke stepped down Tuesday and reports indicate that the former Seahawks CEO will team up with his brother and help lead Seattle’s potential new NHL franchise. Both… Read More
The Seattle SuperSonics played their last game at Key Arena in 2008, a few months after Amazon planted its flag just down the road with a 1.7 million-square foot office… Read More
The International could be heading north. Valve isn’t yet talking publicly about its plans, but several clues point to the video-game giant moving its huge Dota 2 esports tournament from… Read More
This week marked a big milestone for the future of pro sports and live entertainment in Seattle as the City Council approved a new $660 million deal to renovate Key… Read More
When it comes to local government, some players shine in the limelight while others exercise their influence from the wings. Brian Surratt, director of the City of Seattle’s executive office… Read More
The area around Seattle’s Key Arena — Seattle Center, South Lake Union — is a lot different than it was nine years ago, when the Seattle Supersonics left for Oklahoma… Read More
Oak View Group is serious about keeping its arenas around the world safe and secure. That’s partly why the sports and entertainment facility company led by CEO Tim Leiweke —… Read More
Billionaire David Bonderman has resigned from Uber’s board, just a few hours after audio leaked of a sexist comment he made during an all-hands meeting meant to focus on changing… Read More
Tim Leiweke is a name Seattleites should be familiar with if they care about potential new sports franchises coming to town or the future of Key Arena. The sports executive… Read More
Updated 4:15 p.m. Wednesday: Promising to build a world-class arena, and with it potentially lure an NBA or NHL team to Seattle, Mayor Ed Murray announced Wednesday that he has selected Oak… Read More
Seattle Partners, one of two groups aiming to renovate Key Arena, dropped out of the city’s bid process on Sunday. AEG and Hudson Pacific Properties, representing the Seattle Partners group,… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is asking for public feedback on two proposals to renovate Key Arena in the hopes of bringing NBA and NHL teams to the city. Related: Two groups… Read More
Today is the deadline for groups to turn in applications to renovate Key Arena at Seattle Center, possibly for the return of an NBA and/or NHL franchise, and two groups… Read More
Tim Leiweke knows that Seattle is one of the nation’s most tech-savvy cities and his ideas for renovating Key Arena certainly reflect that. GeekWire on Thursday sat down with Leiweke,… Read More
You know how you go “duhhhhhh duh, duh duh duh duhhhhhh, duh duh duh” during the “Game of Thrones” opening theme song? Well, you’ll be able to do that in… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Sen. Marko Liias suspects that ticket bots are creating skyrocketing prices for the July 26 Adele concert at Seattle’s Key Arena — and he is… Read More
Why the heck do people like watching other people play video games? That’s the question we had in mind today at Seattle Center, where thousands of video game fans gathered… Read More