by Nathalie Graham • Feb 3, 2021 at 6:00 am
The council president to assume full power over the city. Courtesy of Lorena Gonzalez for Seattle Mayor campaign
After Mayor Jenny Durkan announced her plan to peace out after one term, everyone and their many-gendered mothers placed little bets on which Seattle City Council member might seek to fill the role. Well, everyone who bet Council President Lorena Gonzalez would step up can now cash in their winnings, because now she has officially entered the 2021 mayoral race. Sponsored
When it looked as if some positions were opening in state government, Gonzalez made an early bid for Attorney General she now says the events of the last year convinced her that Seattle “is the city I want to serve,” Gonzalez said, her voice cracking as she reflected on the last year that has been tough on her family and families across the city.
mascots passing out from being so dedicated to their craft.
Only 30 members have access to these
benefits. It didn’t always used to be that way.
The NBA has expanded from 11 to 30 teams in its existence. That number could potentially grow in the coming years.
NBA Expansion History
Several franchises have come and gone; moved and changed names. The cornerstones that have been around in one form or another since the league’s earliest days are the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia Warriors (now the Golden State Warriors), Minneapolis Lakers (now the Los Angeles Lakers), Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now the Atlanta Hawks), Fort Wayne Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons), Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers), and Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings).
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One company, however, has not only avoided layoffs completely but actually hired more than 50 executives in the last two months to assist with a growing portfolio of venues and development initiatives. The Oak View Group, founded by former AEG chief executive
Tim Leiweke, has been a quiet but persistent force for prosperity and economic development during the pandemic. Launched in 2015 along with Leiweke s partner
Irving Azoff, OVG is overseeing $4.5 billion in arena development projects across the world, including in Austin, Texas. There, the company made its most recent high profile hire, announcing that
Casey Sparks, who previously managed the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma for ASM Global for six years, was joining the company. Sparks will serve as vp of OVG Austin and assistant general manager of the $338 million multi-purpose, state-of-the-art, privately financed Moody Center at the University of Texas, set to open in 2022.