{"id":545055,"date":"2026-03-25T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545055\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:11:08","slug":"port-of-seattle-statement-supporting-potential-nba-expansion-to-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545055\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Seattle Statement Supporting Potential NBA Expansion to Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Port of Seattle Commissioner Sam Cho issued the following statement on today&#8217;s news about the possible expansion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) to Seattle:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NBA\u2019s announcement today is a welcome step toward returning men\u2019s professional basketball to Seattle. While we know this is one step in the process, it\u2019s an exciting day. The region is ready. Fans are ready. Climate Pledge Arena is ready and was specifically rebuilt to accommodate an NBA franchise. Sports and entertainment are essential social and cultural binders, creating not only shared experiences but substantial economic impact for our region. The Port continues to support the great efforts and partnership between arena ownership and the City of Seattle to bring professional sports, world-class entertainment, and community connection to the heart of Seattle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contact<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Fountain | Senior Media Officer<br \/>(206) 787-3071 | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portseattle.org\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5b3d342e352f3a323575301b2b34292f283e3a2f2f373e7534293c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port of Seattle Commissioner Sam Cho issued the following statement on today&#8217;s news about the possible expansion of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-545055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}