Seattle Times: New groups emerging to lure NHL, NBA to Seattle

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David Kroman Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Seattle Times: New groups emerging to lure NHL, NBA to Seattle</h1>
                <h2><p>According to the Seattle Times, Chris Hansen may have some competition for bringing winter-time sports franchises back to Seattle. Jac Sperling, a longtime NHL and NBA deal-maker based out of Florida, and Ray Bartoszek, a New York investment banker, have been independently courting investors interested in establishing franchises in the</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/david-kroman/">David Kroman</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/sports/2025687538_nhlarena12xml.html?ref=cascadepbs.org">According to the Seattle Times</a>, Chris Hansen may have some competition for bringing winter-time sports franchises back to Seattle. Jac Sperling, a longtime NHL and NBA deal-maker based out of Florida, and Ray Bartoszek, a New York investment banker, have been independently courting investors interested in establishing franchises in the Seattle area. The most likely location for an arena appears to be Tukwila.</p>
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According to the Seattle Times, Chris Hansen may have some competition for bringing winter-time sports franchises back to Seattle. Jac Sperling, a longtime NHL and NBA deal-maker based out of Florida, and Ray Bartoszek, a New York investment banker, have been independently courting investors interested in establishing franchises in the Seattle area. The most likely location for an arena appears to be Tukwila.

By David Kroman

David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e