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Originally Posted by WildCowboy
Following up on my post from two days ago, the Giants are holding a press conference today to show off their plans for Seawall Lot 337. Interestingly, an arena is not included in the plans, but they say they'd work to incorporate one should the Warriors express interest.
But construction on the plan as is, which includes 1000 rental units, 1.9 million sf of office space, and retail, is scheduled for 2015.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MNUS1NUA5G.DTL
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My guess is that the meeting with David Stern went a little like this:
Bear: "So how much money will the NBA provide us to build an arena in SF?"
Stern: "None, the NBA wants to make money off of any stadium deal"
Bear: "Well so do the Giants, the NBA will make lots of money simply by being in SF rather than Oakland"
Stern: "Will the city of SF give us money to build the arena? we typically find a stupid city to give us cash"
Bear: "No"
Stern: "Well it looks like only one of us can make a killing on this project"
Bear: "Well, if anyone, its going to be us, happy hunting for that stupid city"