With news that the city council of Seattle has unanimously approved a $600M renovation project for KeyArena, speculation has begun to ramp up that the National Hockey League will be more than happy to grant a new expansion franchise to the city.
During the last round of expansion talks that yielded a successful bid from the Vegas Golden Knights (and an unsuccessful one from Quebec City), it was well known that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was very displeased that the no ownership group in Seattle was able to secure an arena deal. It seems now that things are finally moving along in the right direction for the American Northwest to get their NHL team.