The NHL is on the road to Seattle.
Yesterday, the leadership group for NHL Seattle met with commissioner Gary Bettman and the NHL’s Board of Governors Executive Committee to present their bid for expanding the league to Seattle, as part of a process that has been on-going for several years. With a successful bid, the board unanimously approved to send the bid for expansion to vote at their next meeting in December.
It’s likely they’ll get approval. The Seattle City Council approved redevelopment of KeyArena, to allow it to support NHL ice, and they’ve already accrued 32,000 season ticket depositors to prove a viable market.