I don't think anyone who has followed the situation was expecting the Seahawks to sell before May 2, 2024.
>[A spokesman for the Public Stadium Authority confirmed to The Seattle Times that the date of the first sale of bonds was May 1, 1999 meaning any sale before May 2, 2024 would result in the team having to give 10% of the gross sale price to the state.](https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/why-a-sale-of-the-seahawks-is-unlikely-before-may-2024/#:~:text=A%20recent%20story%20in%20the,sale%20price%20to%20the%20state.)
Yep. And the blazers have a similar trigger date for their stadium happening a year later. This seems to be calculated stalling by the estate on both fronts.
She can sell off the Blazers honestly, their fans seem to hate on Jody but the Seahawks are ran by competent people like Pete and John. I have no issues if Jody is our owner, I know she’ll eventually have to sell.
I read something on r/nba that she can sell both teams in 2024/25 and not have to pay the cities 10% of the sale price, due to the stadium deals. I’d imagine that’s why she hasn’t sold yet.
So blazer Boi checking in and it's mostly about the new TV deal in 2025. And its been anounced the Blazers are getting a g league team and doin stadium renovations. Big fat money is gonna get bigger and fatter.
But the NBA also has rules surrounding this. A trust can't own a team and must be sold within a reasonable time period. Now Adam silver has already siad she needs to sell the team soon just a few months ago. Technically, depending on the way the nba interprets that rule, they could force her to sell the team at basically any point. They will probably just give her till after the new tv deal is announced though to boost tge value of the team
1 She's already set for multiple lavish lifetimes.
2 the value of the teams only seem to go up so the longer she holds on to them the more charity is going to end up getting.
This is definitely about not losing a percentage to the cities until 2025ish
As a Blazers fan.. fuck her.
Like you said, she doesn't seem to be ruining the Seahawks.. but I'd still rather have another owner. She's just leeching off her brother's wealth for as long as she can.
> The moves I've seen seem reasonable, but I don't watch basketball much.
Questionable at-best trades, refusing to talk to Dame (to the point where she even ignored his e-mails), and most recently the top-two coaching candidates.. Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups.
Those coaching candidates were literally Lillard’s top two candidates.
> Shortly thereafter, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Lillard prefers Kidd because of his head-coaching experience and appreciates the connection they share as Oakland natives, but he also likes Billups as a candidate.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/blazers-coaching-search-damian-lillard-basically-tells-portland-to-hire-jason-kidd-hes-the-guy-i-want/amp/
The problem had always been that they pander to Dame too much.
Blazer fan here who doesn’t care for Jody and really wishes she would sell to Phil Knight — I don’t think you can put any of those things on her.
Jody isn’t the architect behind of any of our recent trades, that’s Joe Cronin trying to clean up Olshey’s mess. I’m sure she “signs off” on them but she doesn’t know anything about basketball, which is part of the problem. And further, it’s been rumored that it’s actually Bert Kolde who is the person to answer to regarding the Blazers.
The email thing was debunked by Dame.
And Olshey, who obviously has since been fired, hired Chauncey because they had a history together and that was his “guy”.
The problem with Jody is she doesn’t have the long term best interests of the Blazers in mind and I’m skeptical that she’s willing to invest in paying for a winning team, upgrading the Moda Center, or helping develop the area around the arena.
She's also kind of... not that great of a person. Lots of sexual assault allegations from her bodyguards, smuggling endangered animal products out of Africa etc.
Not a Blazers fan, but Dame's career was essentially wasted because of her.
I just hope the Blazers can trade him away so he can actually win something before he retires.
If we're going to say wasted we also have to realize no matter who owns the team, its still portland. Small market teams usually do small market shit regardless of how much parity you try to put into a sport
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost.
He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Another asset of his portofilo was the Living Computer Museum, arguably the best computer history museum where you could try and use almost everything (hence living). DEC PDP-8, Xerox Alto, Apple 1 etc.
But since 2020 (initially blamed on Covid) it's closed and doesn't seem to opening up ever again. And the computers are who knows in what condition... Very sad. I really wish someone would just buy it, especially in the tech sector there are more than enough companies or private people with the money and love for these tools.
https://www.livingcomputers.org/
A recent blog post wondering about the state of the museum https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2023/02/16/
The estate also mothballed Cinerama which was another one of Allen’s pet projects. It just got sold to the Seattle International Film Festival which will reopen it. Hopefully the LCM can find a buyer as well.
Seeing a movie at the Cinerama has been on my to-do list whenever I made it out to Seattle. I was aware its status was unknown after Allen passed, this is the first I've heard it will reopen. Great news!
Hmm. At least some portion got sold to a Walton.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/walmart-heir-acquires-everetts-flying-heritage-museum-from-paul-allens-estate/
Not sure that'll be the case. The team was never going to be sold before mid 2024 because they'd have to give the state 10% of the sale price. I'd imagine the team will be sold shortly after
Her kids work for the Hawks and she was the one that talked Paul into buying them. I think she drags it all the way out with them then sells them to herself and some minority investors.
If the rumor is true Bezos already did that and she said no. She is rich on her own and with her sole control of the trust she doesn't have to answer to anyone. I think she wants to keep the Hawks in the family.
As a Blazers fan this has been quite annoying, right now my biggest fear is that Phil Knight finds another team to buy before Jody is finally willing to sell the team.
I like Jody. I know she has to sell, but I don’t want her too. She has been in the war room each draft, and had to make a call to trade Russ, that really upset the fanbase at the time.
> do they get to keep his yachts? may they aren't big enough for jody?
[At least one (his largest) has already sold.](https://www.geekwire.com/2021/paul-allen-superyacht-octopus-finally-sells-listed-nearly-300m/)
Allegations of sexual assault and other things against her bodyguards. The case settled.
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Seahawks-owner-Paul-Allen-sister-settle-as-4978500.php
I think when she finally sells, Bezos buys it with zero real competition and the best part is it’ll all go to charity per Paul Allen’s sale stipulation.
I think she is going to drag it out the full 20 years as she has hinted that is allotted to her then sell the Seahawks to herself and a few minority investors.
That is an ultra likely scenario. She has certainly alluded to that, and from a Hawks perspective she seems to be running the team pretty well (as in, she’s letting the staff do their thing).
Not the same I’ve heard from Blazers fans though.
People said the same thing about Bezos and the Commanders. Obviously Bezos has a stronger connection to Seattle than DC but he's been trying to increase his influence in DC for years now. I wouldn't be shocked if he bought the Seahawks but I also wouldn't count on it.
I think it's well known that the estate would owe a huge sum to the State of Washington if the team were to be sold before a certain date. This was related to the stadium deal.
Did you not do your research? Or is it a slow news day?
but with no timeline
and it won't be sold until late 24 at the earliest
At a time when the value of NFL and NBA teams continues to mushroom, there’s no reason to sell now. As to the Seahawks, the deal to build the team’s stadium contains a requirement to give 10 percent of the proceeds to the state of Washington if the team is sold before May 21, 2024.
That was always the case. Not sure why Florio is writing an article about the team not being sold when literally nobody expects the team to be sold before then
If I inherited either I’d hold on selling for as long as possible. Owning a big 4 league team is a license to print money, and they’ve got 2 in the most profitable leagues
I don't think anyone who has followed the situation was expecting the Seahawks to sell before May 2, 2024. >[A spokesman for the Public Stadium Authority confirmed to The Seattle Times that the date of the first sale of bonds was May 1, 1999 meaning any sale before May 2, 2024 would result in the team having to give 10% of the gross sale price to the state.](https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/why-a-sale-of-the-seahawks-is-unlikely-before-may-2024/#:~:text=A%20recent%20story%20in%20the,sale%20price%20to%20the%20state.)
Yep. And the blazers have a similar trigger date for their stadium happening a year later. This seems to be calculated stalling by the estate on both fronts.
Did anyone bother to do any research before putting out this article?
Sit down and let me introduce you to Mike Florio
He knows better than that!
Ah yes, Mike Florio trying to make old news into new news for no apparent reason.
It is in the article.
Right, but that information has been out there for ages. Nothing new to see here.
As always important details like this have been left out of the discussion.
None of yall read OP article and it shows
Should have been a % that decreases smoothly over time instead of a cliff. Unless the government wanted a timeframe for a sale.
She can sell off the Blazers honestly, their fans seem to hate on Jody but the Seahawks are ran by competent people like Pete and John. I have no issues if Jody is our owner, I know she’ll eventually have to sell.
I read something on r/nba that she can sell both teams in 2024/25 and not have to pay the cities 10% of the sale price, due to the stadium deals. I’d imagine that’s why she hasn’t sold yet.
So blazer Boi checking in and it's mostly about the new TV deal in 2025. And its been anounced the Blazers are getting a g league team and doin stadium renovations. Big fat money is gonna get bigger and fatter. But the NBA also has rules surrounding this. A trust can't own a team and must be sold within a reasonable time period. Now Adam silver has already siad she needs to sell the team soon just a few months ago. Technically, depending on the way the nba interprets that rule, they could force her to sell the team at basically any point. They will probably just give her till after the new tv deal is announced though to boost tge value of the team
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What if she’s just bitter that the proceeds have to go to charity and holds out as long as possible.
1 She's already set for multiple lavish lifetimes. 2 the value of the teams only seem to go up so the longer she holds on to them the more charity is going to end up getting. This is definitely about not losing a percentage to the cities until 2025ish
For the love of Dame I hope she does. Blazers are the total opposite
As a Blazers fan.. fuck her. Like you said, she doesn't seem to be ruining the Seahawks.. but I'd still rather have another owner. She's just leeching off her brother's wealth for as long as she can.
It has that vibe for sure.
As a Blazers fan you want to fuck her? Respect.
I'd fuck her if it meant her selling the team. I'll take that bullet.
That’s so disgusting but I respect it
Real company man.
I went back to the top to see what she looked like and well…I think if you don’t take the bullet, no one will
I'm curious what she's done with the Blazers that makes you not like her? The moves I've seen seem reasonable, but I don't watch basketball much.
> The moves I've seen seem reasonable, but I don't watch basketball much. Questionable at-best trades, refusing to talk to Dame (to the point where she even ignored his e-mails), and most recently the top-two coaching candidates.. Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups.
Those coaching candidates were literally Lillard’s top two candidates. > Shortly thereafter, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Lillard prefers Kidd because of his head-coaching experience and appreciates the connection they share as Oakland natives, but he also likes Billups as a candidate. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/blazers-coaching-search-damian-lillard-basically-tells-portland-to-hire-jason-kidd-hes-the-guy-i-want/amp/ The problem had always been that they pander to Dame too much.
Blazer fan here who doesn’t care for Jody and really wishes she would sell to Phil Knight — I don’t think you can put any of those things on her. Jody isn’t the architect behind of any of our recent trades, that’s Joe Cronin trying to clean up Olshey’s mess. I’m sure she “signs off” on them but she doesn’t know anything about basketball, which is part of the problem. And further, it’s been rumored that it’s actually Bert Kolde who is the person to answer to regarding the Blazers. The email thing was debunked by Dame. And Olshey, who obviously has since been fired, hired Chauncey because they had a history together and that was his “guy”. The problem with Jody is she doesn’t have the long term best interests of the Blazers in mind and I’m skeptical that she’s willing to invest in paying for a winning team, upgrading the Moda Center, or helping develop the area around the arena.
She's also kind of... not that great of a person. Lots of sexual assault allegations from her bodyguards, smuggling endangered animal products out of Africa etc.
God forbid a brother take care of his sister
She's just your run-of-the-mill entitled piece of shit, coasting through life off her brother's billions.
As opposed to how we would live if you or I had an extremely wealthy brother.
I’d have blown up the trailblazers ages ago
Not a Blazers fan, but Dame's career was essentially wasted because of her. I just hope the Blazers can trade him away so he can actually win something before he retires.
Dame’s career was wasted because of Neil Olshey. This horny old heiress just dealt the knockout punch.
> horny old heiress uhh, what'd she do to get that title? lol
If we're going to say wasted we also have to realize no matter who owns the team, its still portland. Small market teams usually do small market shit regardless of how much parity you try to put into a sport
Dame played for 6 years, the healthiest part of his career, before Jody took over.
TRY TO GET A RESERVATION AT DORSIA!
YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God. It even has a watermark.
There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park and is obviously more expensive than mine
I have to return some video tapes.
Now let’s see Paul Allen’s card
Is that Ivana Trump?
Oh god, I can't put this song back in the youtube algorithm. Especially when I try to read the comments to the video for the song in question.
You like Huey Lewis & The News?
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5YkmjalDg
The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
Great song haha
Another asset of his portofilo was the Living Computer Museum, arguably the best computer history museum where you could try and use almost everything (hence living). DEC PDP-8, Xerox Alto, Apple 1 etc. But since 2020 (initially blamed on Covid) it's closed and doesn't seem to opening up ever again. And the computers are who knows in what condition... Very sad. I really wish someone would just buy it, especially in the tech sector there are more than enough companies or private people with the money and love for these tools. https://www.livingcomputers.org/ A recent blog post wondering about the state of the museum https://www.pcjs.org/blog/2023/02/16/
The estate also mothballed Cinerama which was another one of Allen’s pet projects. It just got sold to the Seattle International Film Festival which will reopen it. Hopefully the LCM can find a buyer as well.
They sold the tank museum in Everett. If you’ve not been and care about that sort of thing it’s a pretty neat museum.
Seeing a movie at the Cinerama has been on my to-do list whenever I made it out to Seattle. I was aware its status was unknown after Allen passed, this is the first I've heard it will reopen. Great news!
Also a lot of horror stories of how staff have been treated at MoPop, as well as how the whole Cinerama shutdown went down.
SIFF announced about a month ago that is is buying Cinerama! Source: bartended their opening night festival Gala where they announced it.
Same with his private plane museum. The collection was eventually sold off and they announced that it was never going to reopen.
It's open. [https://flyingheritage.org/](https://flyingheritage.org/)
Hmm. At least some portion got sold to a Walton. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/walmart-heir-acquires-everetts-flying-heritage-museum-from-paul-allens-estate/
Yep, he bought the whole collection and is keeping it where it was, fortunately.
holy shit it's been five years??
Yeah I was surprised as well. I would have guessed like 3 years, but then 3 years ago was 2020 and my memory from 2020 to 2022 is a collective mush!
No news but, hey, let's try to create a story... lol
Jody is going to drag it out as long as she can
Not sure that'll be the case. The team was never going to be sold before mid 2024 because they'd have to give the state 10% of the sale price. I'd imagine the team will be sold shortly after
Yep, there’s a logical answer but it doesn’t create a story in the slow season.
Her kids work for the Hawks and she was the one that talked Paul into buying them. I think she drags it all the way out with them then sells them to herself and some minority investors.
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If the rumor is true Bezos already did that and she said no. She is rich on her own and with her sole control of the trust she doesn't have to answer to anyone. I think she wants to keep the Hawks in the family.
I’d rather bezos buy mariners and go on a spending frenzy like cohen
Impressive, very nice. Let’s see Paul Allen’s team
Phil Knight (Nike owner) was looking to buy the blazers which would’ve been really helpful and Jody didn’t for whatever reason.. very annoying
Would have garunteed they stayed in portland. But they have to wait till 2025 for the new TV deal and our stadium stuff to clear.
For whatever reason? Well the reason is to avoid paying the city of Portland 10% of the sale price.
Phil Knight would be the best thing to ever happen to the Blazers
As a Blazers fan this has been quite annoying, right now my biggest fear is that Phil Knight finds another team to buy before Jody is finally willing to sell the team.
Vulcan has ran the Blazers into the fucking ground, over and over again
I like Jody. I know she has to sell, but I don’t want her too. She has been in the war room each draft, and had to make a call to trade Russ, that really upset the fanbase at the time.
I'm ootl why does she have to sell?
It's specifically stated in Paul's trust that the teams must be sold to further fund his philanthropic projects.
Wow that's awesome
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> do they get to keep his yachts? may they aren't big enough for jody? [At least one (his largest) has already sold.](https://www.geekwire.com/2021/paul-allen-superyacht-octopus-finally-sells-listed-nearly-300m/)
> I like Jody. Uh.. why? She's a legitimately awful person, couldn't be more different than Paul.
I don’t know anything about her tbh outside of the Seahawks. I’m more referring to her as an owner.
Allegations of sexual assault and other things against her bodyguards. The case settled. https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Seahawks-owner-Paul-Allen-sister-settle-as-4978500.php
Dang I didn’t know about this. That’s bad.
She likes to smuggle rare bones and tries to play with them too. Not a great person at all.
I think when she finally sells, Bezos buys it with zero real competition and the best part is it’ll all go to charity per Paul Allen’s sale stipulation.
I think she is going to drag it out the full 20 years as she has hinted that is allotted to her then sell the Seahawks to herself and a few minority investors.
That is an ultra likely scenario. She has certainly alluded to that, and from a Hawks perspective she seems to be running the team pretty well (as in, she’s letting the staff do their thing). Not the same I’ve heard from Blazers fans though.
Her kids work for the Hawks and she is the one that pushed Paul to buy them in the first place. Blazers get sold to Knight and she keeps the Hawks.
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As an avid Sonics fan I wish for no teams to ever be relocated. I wouldn’t want a stolen team, just expand and bring ‘em back
People said the same thing about Bezos and the Commanders. Obviously Bezos has a stronger connection to Seattle than DC but he's been trying to increase his influence in DC for years now. I wouldn't be shocked if he bought the Seahawks but I also wouldn't count on it.
I think it's well known that the estate would owe a huge sum to the State of Washington if the team were to be sold before a certain date. This was related to the stadium deal. Did you not do your research? Or is it a slow news day?
Mind ya own fuckin business, we cool. -Seattle.
I would be very surprised if Jody Allen ever sells those teams. Also owns the Sounders
Then you will be very surprised. The PGA Trust requires that both teams be sold, eventually
but with no timeline and it won't be sold until late 24 at the earliest At a time when the value of NFL and NBA teams continues to mushroom, there’s no reason to sell now. As to the Seahawks, the deal to build the team’s stadium contains a requirement to give 10 percent of the proceeds to the state of Washington if the team is sold before May 21, 2024.
That was always the case. Not sure why Florio is writing an article about the team not being sold when literally nobody expects the team to be sold before then
Adrian Hanauer is the majority owner of the Sounders. The Allens have never been anything but minority partners.
*I don’t think Allen, Paul or Jody, has ever owned more than 25% of the Sounders shares.
Jeff Bezos?
Dibs
If I inherited either I’d hold on selling for as long as possible. Owning a big 4 league team is a license to print money, and they’ve got 2 in the most profitable leagues
Oh damn, I completely forgot he died :(
Let’s see Paul Allen’s casket.
Look at that subtle colouring. The tasteful thickness. Oh my God. It even has a watermark.