For months, the Sacramento Kings have been promoting their showpiece hotel and condominium tower next to Golden 1 Center arena as the hot spot downtown for people to stay and play.
The project also has been a hot spot in another way.
The team and its development partners have been involved in a series of contract disputes since last summer with electricians, landscapers, iron companies, roofers, bricklayers, air conditioning installers and others who have worked on the as-yet-unfinished structure.
Last Friday, the project's general contractor, Swinerton Builders, filed a $36 million lien on the property, an indication that the project's subcontractors contend the Kings' development group, SG Downtown LLC, owes them that amount for work on the estimated $200 million project.