Yesterday, AEG and the Oak View Group presented their ideas for a brand new KeyArena. Those plans will now be put in contention with Chris Hansen’s Sodo arena to determine what course of action will be taken. It would seem that, one way or another, we will emerge from this with an arena. It’s been a long, strange trip to get here but here we are. The city of Seattle determined it wanted to make this a contest. So let’s take a look at the competitors. Just for comparison’s sake, I’ve included KeyArena in its current form.

Seattle arena options Arena Sq Ft NBA Capacity NHL Capacity Opened Renovated Arena Sq Ft NBA Capacity NHL Capacity Opened Renovated KeyArena 368,000 17,072 15,177 1962 1995 OVG KeyArena redux 660,000 18,350 17,100 1962 2020 Seattle Coliseum (AEG) 600,000 18,113 17,120 1962 2020 Seattle Arena (Sodo) 700,000 18,500 17,500 TBD

I know there has been a lot of talk of how these plans would stack up against current arenas in both the NBA and NHL. So I ran those numbers as well.

NBA arenas Arena City Sq Ft Capacity Opened Renovated Arena City Sq Ft Capacity Opened Renovated United Center Chicago, IL 960,000 23,500 1994 2010 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 892,000 21,600 1994 2006 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI 650,000 21,000 2017 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH 750,000 20,562 1994 2005 Verizon Center Washington, DC 1,050,000 20,356 1997 2015 Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City, UT 743,000 19,911 1991 2017 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 820,000 19,812 1964 2016 Air Canada Centre Toronto, ON 665,000 19,800 1999 2010 American Airlines Arena Miami, FL 782,400 19,600 1998 2009 Moda Center Portland, OR 780,000 19,441 1995 2007 Target Center Minneapolis, MN 831,533 19,356 1990 2016 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX 840,000 19,200 2001 Pepsi Center Denver, CO 675,000 19,155 1999 2013 Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC 780,000 19,077 2005 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA 900,000 19,060 1998 2014 Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix, AZ 1,000,000 19,023 1992 2003 Amway Center Orlando, FL 875,000 18,846 2010 AT&T Center San Antonio, TX 750,000 18,797 2002 2014 TD Garden Boston, MA 755,000 18,624 1993 2014 Seattle Arena (Sodo) Seattle, WA 700,000 18,500 TBD OVG KeyArena redux Seattle, WA 660,000 18,350 1962 2020 FedEx Forum Memphis, TN 805,850 18,119 2004 Seattle Coliseum (AEG) Seattle, WA 600,000 18,113 1962 2020 Toyota Center Houston, TX 750,000 18,055 2003 Philips Arena Atlanta, GA 680,000 18,047 1999 2017 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK 586,000 18,023 2002 2010 Chase Center San Francisco, CA 695,000 18,000 2019 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN 750,000 17,923 1997 2015 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY 675,000 17,732 2012 Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center Milwaukee, WI 714,000 17,500 2018 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, CA 675,000 17,500 2016 KeyArena Seattle, WA 368,000 17,072 1962 1995 Smoothie King Center New Orleans, LA 571,000 16,867 1995 2013

NHL arenas Arena City Sq Ft Capacity Opened Renovated Arena City Sq Ft Capacity Opened Renovated United Center Chicago, IL 960,000 19,717 1994 2010 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 892,000 19,543 1994 2006 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI 650,000 20,000 2017 KeyArena Seattle, WA 368,000 15,177 1962 1995 OVG KeyArena redux Seattle, WA 660,000 17,100 1962 2020 Seattle Coliseum (AEG) Seattle, WA 600,000 17,120 1962 2020 Seattle Arena (Sodo) Seattle, WA 700,000 17,500 TBD Air Canada Centre Toronto, ON 665,000 18,819 1999 2010 Amalie Arena Tampa, FL 600,000 19,092 1996 2012 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX 840,000 19,200 2001 BB&T Center Sunrise, FL 872,000 15,700 1998 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY 675,000 15,795 2012 Bell Centre Motnreal, Quebec 780,000 21,288 1996 2015 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN 750,000 17,113 1996 2015 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa, Ontario 600,000 19,153 1996 2014 Gila River Arena Glendale, AZ 612,900 17,125 2003 Honda Center Anaehim, CA 650,000 17,174 1993 KeyBank Center Buffalo, NY 872,000 19,070 1996 2016 Madison Square Garden New York, NY 820,000 18,006 1964 2016 MTS Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba 440,000 15,294 2004 2011 Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH 685,000 18,144 2000 Pepsi Center Denver, CO 675,000 18,007 1999 2013 PNC Arena Raleigh, NC 700,000 18,680 1999 2015 PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA 720,000 18,387 2010 Prudential Center Newark, NJ 858,000 17,625 2007 Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC 475,000 18,910 1995 2014 Rogers Place Edmonton, Alberta 1,110,900 18,641 2016 Soctiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta 474,000 19,289 1983 1994 SAP Center San Jose, CA 450,000 17,562 1993 Scottrade Center St Louis, MO 664,000 19,150 1994 Staples Center Los Angeles, CA 900,000 18,230 1998 2014 TD Garden Boston, MA 755,000 17,565 1993 2014 Verizon Center Washington, DC 1,050,000 18,506 1997 2015 Xcel Energy Center St Paul, MN 650,000 17,954 2000 2017 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV 650,000 17,368 2016

There you have it. No commentary, no rhetoric, no spin. Just raw numbers.