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| What happens to the arena in Sacramento will be of huge importance to the private enterprise/commercial recreation and event planning industries. The Sac Bee has written sometimes four articles a day this summer on different aspects of the arena deal. Articles have popped up on the Front Page, in the Business section and in Sports. On top of that, the Opinion pages have also spent a great deal of space talking about the arena, the owners, the team and the proposed location(s). Need proof of the importance/significance of recreation in people's lives? First, just look at the number of articles in the last few days. Second, just look at the number of reader comments to the arena articles (sometimes several hundred) compared to articles on trivial things like the Iraq war, AIDS in South Africa or the region's minor levee situation. It becomes quite clear that commercial recreation is THE most important industry in the world. :-) | ||
| What follows is a list of the Bee's articles (some for, some against, some totally uncertain) starting in July 2006 when the most resent push for an arena agreement began. Bee reporters and columnists, Mary Lynne Vellinga, Jon Ortiz, Terri Hardy, Ailene Voisin and Marcos Bretén all contributed (some articles are also included here that appeared in the Sacramento Business Journal by Kelly Johnson and Adam Weintraub). There were so many articles that not all have been listed here, never mind the fact that there were also several articles in June and May. Was it all a giant publicity campaign put on by the team's/arena's owners and the city/county, or is it simply the press keeping us up-to-date on legitimate talks to reach an amiable deal? Or maybe the press were just taking advantage of the situation themselves? You be the judge. The farther down the list you go, the more recent the article. (If you find an article that you don't see listed here, please email a link to shaw@csus.edu) | ||
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| 07-02-06 | Time to let people decide the arena issue | Marcos Bretón |
| 07-10-06 | Arena financing talks revived | Ailene Voisin |
| 07-11-06 | Arena talks corral key parties | Terri Hardy |
| 07-11-06 | Arena talks recess; more scheduled today | Terri Hardy |
| 07-12-06 | This arena is a fitting place for arena talks | Marcos Bretón |
| 07-14-06 | Center court for Memphis | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 07-18-06 | Arena talks aim for deal this week | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 07-19-06 | Arco tax foists the bill for entertaining the rich onto the poor | Dan Walters |
| 07-20-06 | Arena tax draft has two parts | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 07-20-06 | Big bucks don't grow on our trees | Marcos Bretón |
| 07-20-06 | New arena to cost between $470 and $542 million | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 07-20-06 | It's a deal: Arena could rise in railyard by 2008 if voters approve | Kelly Johnson and Adam Weintraub |
| 07-21-06 | Arena backers celebrate deal to replace Arco | Kelly Johnson |
| 07-21-06 | Arena deal: Late-night talks nail down details | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 07-21-06 | After all the dealing, it's up to the people | Marcos Bretón |
| 07-22-06 | The arena numbers crunch | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 07-22-06 | Now it's Maloofs' turn to shoot | Ailene Voisin |
| 07-23-06 | What Kings mean to local business | Jon Ortiz |
| 07-23-06 | Campaign for arena tax begins | Terri Hardy |
| 07-24-06 | Assemblyman opposes publicly funded arena | Mike McCarthy |
| 07-25-06 | Board votes today on arena | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 07-26-06 | Generation gap may exist on arena issue | Marcos Bretón |
| 07-26-06 | Arena plan moves toward ballot | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 08-02-06 | Vote to put arena funding plan on ballot delayed | Terri Hardy |
| 08-02-06 | 'Arena' missing in arena measure | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 08-03-06 | Breaking down the Kings arena deal | Terri Hardy |
| 08-03-06 | Voters to get arena tax bid | Terri Hardy |
| 08-04-06 | 'No' on arena isn't 'yes' to all good things | Marcos Bretón |
| 08-04-06 | Arena site could jump off railyard | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 08-09-06 | Arena campaign picks its lineup | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 08-11-06 | Cal Expo is a secondary site for new Sacramento Kings arena | Kelly Johnson |
| 08-20-06 | Arena tough sell to small cities | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 08-23-06 | Maloofs care about community | Ailene Voisin |
| 08-23-06 | Kings fans roar over arena | Michelle Miller |
| 08-27-06 | Arena adversaries prepare for battle | Terri Hardy |
| 08-28-06 | For arena, the name's a big-money game | Jon Ortiz |
| 08-28-06 | Arena name game is a gamble | Jon Ortiz |
| 08-28-06 | Time's running out on Steinberg's deal to help in arena talks | R.E. Graswich |
| 08-30-06 | Pretty price for arena advice | Terri Hardy |
| 08-30-06 | Kings-arena supporters paint billboard visions | Bob Shallit |
| 08-31-06 | Police union opposes arena measures | Terri Hardy |
| 09-01-06 | Arena issue requires Maloofs to walk soft | Marcos Bretón |
| 09-07-06 | Game's on in arena PR battle | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 09-11-06 | Maloofs favor downtown arena | Melanie Turner |
| 09-13-06 | Kings Owner Drops Bombshell at Railyards News Conference | George Warren |
| 09-14-06 | Maloofs quit arena talks | Mary Lynne Vellinga, Terri Hardy and Jon Ortiz |
| 09-15-06 | Proposal 'blindsided' Maloofs | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 09-16-06 | Owners press case after arena uproar | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 09-16-06 | Believe it or not, the Maloof family is here to stay | Ailene Voisin |
| 09-17-06 | New arena 'negotiations' sounding all too familiar | Marcos Bretón |
| 09-17-06 | Arena clash's asphalt rumble | Jon Ortiz |
| 09-20-06 | It's time for arena parties to shape up | Ailene Voisin |
| 09-20-06 | Arena camps vie for funds | Dorothy Korber |
| 09-21-06 | NBA tells parties: Sign arena deal | Dorothy Korber |
| 09-22-06 | Troubled arena campaign gets $2 million donation | Dorothy Korber |
| 09-24-06 | The Kings have city over barrel | Marcos Bretón |
| 09-24-06 | Other arenas go awry | Mark Kreidler and Jon Ortiz |
| 09-25-06 | Arena fans, 'Plan B' is in the works | R.E. Graswich |
| 09-25-06 | Arena debate: 2 cities enjoy vibrant scene | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 09-26-06 | Maloofs' demands for arena unusual | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 09-28-06 | Light-rail stop near arena urged | Tony Bizjak |
| 09-29-06 | Cohn denies there's a 'Plan B' | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 09-29-06 | New plan on the table | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-01-06 | Bee poll: Arena sales tax hike in deep trouble | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 10-02-06 | NBA yet to pull out big gun | Mark Kreidler |
| 10-02-06 | It's really all about the political arena | Ailene Voisin |
| 10-04-06 | The arena debate: Grand plans, hard realities | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-05-06 | Arena foes: Make new plan public | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-07-06 | Arena proposal to be focus of debate | Todd Milbourn |
| 10-07-06 | Loyalty to the Kings may have price limit | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-08-06 | Arena adversaries duel before a crowd | Todd Milbourn |
| 10-14-06 | Maloofs respond to arena plan | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Hudson Sangree |
| 10-14-06 | Orlando has the arena know-how | Ailene Voisin |
| 10-16-06 | The arena debate: Win or lose, railyard plans get new life | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-18-06 | Arena details to remain secret | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-18-06 | Maloofs, others hold 'secret' arena meeting | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-19-06 | Maloofs return to the table | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-20-06 | The arena debate: Maloofs chewed out | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-26-06 | No arena deal likely by Nov. 7 | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-27-06 | City fights for arena secrecy | Terri Hardy |
| 10-27-06 | Cash flows in for arena campaign | Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 10-29-06 | Arena funding is messy game | Marcos Bretón |
| 10-31-06 | Owners pulled old switcheroo | Marcos Bretón |
| 10-31-06 | Arena negotiations revealed | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 11-04-06 | Defeat won't lead to doom | Ailene Voisin |
| 11-04-06 | Arena plan appears doomed | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 11-04-06 | Arena push may be pricey | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 11-09-06 | Some say lost arena bid was calculated | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 11-11-06 | Home-court advantage | Jon Ortiz |
| 11-11-06 | Taxes for stadiums? Not in this state | Marcos Bretón |
| 11-11-06 | Local leaders need to push for new arena | Ailene Voisin |
| 11-12-06 | What are Maloofs thinking, anyway? | Marcos Bretón |
| 11-13-06 | NBA not only didn't help, it then piled on | Marcos Bretón |
| 11-16-06 | It's about time Stern took lead | Ailene Voisin |
| 11-16-06 | NBA's Stern takes lead in arena talks | Terri Hardy |
| 11-18-06 | City frets over Arco loan | Terri Hardy |
| 11-18-06 | Wary fans force Stern to go soft | Marcos Bretón |
| 12-02-06 | NBA's chief is coming to town | Terri Hardy and Mary Lynne Vellinga |
| 12-05-06 | Stern takes arena helm | Mary Lynne Vellinga and Terri Hardy |
| 12-06-06 | Stern touts fund plan | Terri Hardy and Kevin Yamamura |
| 12-17-06 | Drive for arena gets new point man | Jon Ortiz and Terri Hardy |
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