Table of Contents
Foreword Jerry Bruckheimer xi
Part 1 The Seeds of Loss and Rebirth
Chapter 1 Living in Purgatory 3
Chapter 2 A City in Transition 11
Chapter 3 Seattle Founded and Plundered 19
Chapter 4 Arrival of Tim Leiweke 25
Chapter 5 Feeding Time 33
Chapter 6 A Victory Lap Cut Short 40
Chapter 7 Seattle Symbolized by a Troll 47
Chapter 8 SuperSonics Want a Handout 54
Chapter 9 Real Estate Rules 60
Chapter 10 Hockey History in Seattle 67
Chapter 11 Driving over Miss Daisy 75
Part 2 Forcing the Arena Issue
Chapter 12 Tightening the Public Money Spigot 85
Chapter 13 The One That Got Away 92
Chapter 14 Seattle "Gamesmanship" in Arizona 99
Chapter 15 Overhauling KeyArena for NBA and NHL 107
Chapter 16 Don't Call Him "Ed" 114
Chapter 17 NHL Pushes for Seattle Expansion 121
Chapter 18 Two Reports, Two Different KeyArena Conclusions 130
Chapter 19 A Vote Forced on SoDo Arena's Future 138
Chapter 20 Always Count Your Votes 146
Part 3 Starting Fresh
Chapter 21 Fury Unleashed 157
Chapter 22 The Unshackling of KeyArena 164
Chapter 23 Big Bertha Bites the Dust 170
Chapter 24 Tim Leiweke Parts Ways with AEG 177
Chapter 25 Courting the Skeptical Fans 183
Chapter 26 The Battle for Seattle 190
Chapter 27 Peeing on the Parade 197
Chapter 28 A Hollywood Beginning 205
Chapter 29 Monorail for Dummies? 212
Chapter 30 Mayor Ed Murray Resigns 218
Part 4 Sprint to the Finish
Chapter 31 The View from 27 Stories Up 227
Chapter 32 How Fast Can You Count to 32,000? 235
Chapter 33 The Feather Massager 242
Chapter 34 Mayor Jenny Durkan Goes on the Power Play 249
Chapter 35 Georgia Bound 258
Chapter 36 When Dreams Become Real 264
Chapter 37 Building the Vision 269
Chapter 38 What's in a Name? 275
Chapter 39 Too Much Pandemic, Too Little Time 282
Chapter 40 Winning the Long Game 289
Epilogue: It's How You Play the Game 299
Acknowledgments 303