When the Seattle City Council voted yes on the Sonics Arena proposal, many of the crestfallen basketball fans were jolted back to life. Beer flowed and glasses raised to Chris Hansen outside of FX McRory's to celebrate the rebirth of basketball, and to usher in the possibility of Seattle hosting a professional hockey team for the first time since the 1920's.
Down the block, at the corner of Edgar and Dave, the Seattle Mariners took the news a different way, and that has come back to bite them in a big bad way.
The Mariners joined a group of maritime-business leaders in objecting the new arena, which sent seething Sonics fans into a rage, taking to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to tell the Mariners how they really feel.
The Mariners Facebook feed has been bombarded the last few days with angry pro-arena supporters making sure the Mariners organization feels their ire.
Fans are finally fed up. "After years of bad teams and bad decisions, now you have to object to the Sonics Arena. I'm done. I'm completely fed up with your complete misunderstanding of Seattle sports fans and their desires," stated one Facebook user.
Today, the arena talk on the M's Facebook page is quiet. Whether or not they're trying to sweep this under the rug is one thing, but sports fans in the Pacific Northwest have made it brutally clear that they are not happy with the Mariners.
Down the block, at the corner of Edgar and Dave, the Seattle Mariners took the news a different way, and that has come back to bite them in a big bad way.
The Mariners joined a group of maritime-business leaders in objecting the new arena, which sent seething Sonics fans into a rage, taking to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to tell the Mariners how they really feel.
The Mariners Facebook feed has been bombarded the last few days with angry pro-arena supporters making sure the Mariners organization feels their ire.
Fans are finally fed up. "After years of bad teams and bad decisions, now you have to object to the Sonics Arena. I'm done. I'm completely fed up with your complete misunderstanding of Seattle sports fans and their desires," stated one Facebook user.
Today, the arena talk on the M's Facebook page is quiet. Whether or not they're trying to sweep this under the rug is one thing, but sports fans in the Pacific Northwest have made it brutally clear that they are not happy with the Mariners.
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