Item: The arena wars continue from coast to coast, with the Orlando Magic squabbling between the city and county for a $358-million arena, while Sacramento King owners Joe and Gavin Maloof seemingly can't get over the top to have what they want in downtown Sacramento as opposed to the railyard location the city is proposing.

What this really means: More and more it is apparent that unless local economies give up something for a new arena, NBA teams will be on the move again. It seems inevitable that the Sonics will be leaving Seattle after this season or next, while the war between the Maloofs and the Sacramento government seems to find new angles every month (now it's parking revenue and the size of the area surrounding the new arena). Get it done, guys — the Maloofs want the team to stay. Yes, they really do.

Meanwhile, in Orlando, this is as close as the Magic have come to actually getting a new building, and that may ultimately prevent what appeared to be inevitable — the DeVos family selling the team and the Magic moving. If chairman DeVos does come up with what the area considers a significant portion of the proposed $358-million building, you would think with all the tourism tax, the city and county could come up with something suitable to retain the only major professional sports team the city may ever have.

Source: Fox Sports

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive