http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/2202177.html After learning that Arco Arena is considered unsuitable to host a major college basketball tournament, Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that Sacramento could lose the Kings if efforts for a new arena aren't stepped up. 在得知Arco不适合办大学篮球锦标赛後，市长KJ说如果新场馆没着落，沙城可能会失去 国王。 "If we don't have a clear path to an arena in the not too distant future, then we as Sacramentans need to know that (the Kings) very well may look elsewhere," Johnson said. 「如果在不久的未来没有很清楚的规划，那国王会另觅它处」 The mayor made his statements after finding out the NCAA had bypassed Sacramento's bid to host the regional round of the men's basketball tournament. Arco Arena has hosted the money-making event four times since 1994. 市长在发现NCAA跳过沙城後做出了声明。 Most recently, in 2007, fans filled the arena, and the event injected $4 million into the local economy, officials said. 最近一次是07年，球迷塞爆了场馆，入帐了4M。 Sacramento Sports Commission officials said they were told the city's bid to host tournament games through 2013 had been denied because of concerns over the conditions at Arco Arena. 沙城运动委员会说沙城的竞标已经被否决了，因为Arco。 "They said, 'I hope you will consider bidding in the future when you get your arena issues resolved,' " said John McCasey, executive director of the Sacramento Sports Commission, which filed the bid. 「他们说，我希望当你解决了场馆的问题再来考虑竞标」 An emotional mayor said it was "staggering and mind-boggling" that Arco – home of the NBA's Kings since 1988 – is no longer considered suitable for big-time college basketball. In response, Johnson said he wants to see a proposal to build a new arena at Cal Expo soon. KJ说他想要尽快看到在Cal Expo打造一个新场馆的提案 If one doesn't materialize – and if the city doesn't start seriously considering alternate options for a new arena should the Cal Expo plan fall flat – the threat of the Kings leaving town will become more real, according to the mayor. 据市长所说如果这个城市没有开始审慎地思考如果建在Cal Expo的计划失败的替代方案， 国王离去的威胁可能就会越来越真实。 It's unclear what, if anything, the mayor can do about pressuring the NBA and Cal Expo officials to come up with a plan. 不清楚是不是，市长能做的也许就是给NBA和Cal Expo官方施加压力，要他们提出计划。 Johnson said last week he'd like to see an arena proposal at Cal Expo take more solid form by the end of this year. KJ说上礼拜他想要在今年底前看到更具体的提案。 On Tuesday, however, he expressed a greater sense of urgency, and a desire to look for other sites and ideas for getting a new arena built. 礼拜二，他更急了，渴望去寻找别的地点和点子，就是为了得到新场馆。 "I don't have all the answers right now, but I will tell you this: When you look at Cal Expo as an option, the clock is ticking," he said. 我现在还没有答案，但我会跟你说，当你将在Cal Expo视为一个选项，时间正在逼近」 "I've got to be more aggressive, and I've got to move the timeline up in terms of the arena," he added. "The timeline has to include an Option B, an Option C, and I haven't quite determined what we're going to do." 「我必须更具侵略性，而且我必须将时限提早，因为必须包括B方案、C方案，我还没决定 要怎麽做」 NBA representative John Moag, who is leading the NBA's three-year effort to build a new arena at Cal Expo, said he understands the mayor's frustration about the slowness of that effort. NBA代表说他了解市长对於这件事慢下来的挫折感 "I think the mayor is expressing a sense of where we all are," Moag said. "We are in a bad economy in a state that doesn't have any money. Lending has dried up. We can't force developers to borrow money they can't get." 「我想市长在表达我们共同的感觉，我们正处在一个不好的经济当中，州也没有钱(加州) 钱已经借光了，我们不能强迫开发者借我们钱」 In meetings with Cal Expo and the NBA this summer, several major developers told officials here the arena development plan at Cal Expo makes sense but is not doable in the current economic climate. 在今年暑假的会议，几个大老说这计划是合理的，但在这恶劣的环境是不可行的。 Moag said he and the NBA have not given up hope, however, of getting an arena built at Cal Expo. "We are committed to this effort, and the Kings are committed to this effort, and we are staying with it until we get to the point where it is apparent it won't work." 代表说NBA还没放弃希望，「我们正在努力，国王也是，会一直到真的不行为止」 He declined to discuss where the effort goes from here, or when the NBA and Kings might pull the plug, but said March of next year will be a critical date. 他拒绝讨论事情会怎麽发展。 "The league has been very public about needing to see light at the end of the tunnel by around the first of March," he said. "I think it requires a developer on board by then. I think that is possible." 「联盟很公开地提到在明年三月左右要看到曙光，我想需要有人先开炮，我认为这是可能 的」 That timeline coincides with a March 1 deadline for teams to submit a relocation application to the league. 时间和球队提出改变地方的期限是刚好一样。 Brian May, deputy general manager of Cal Expo, said officials there would work quickly on its plan, "but at the end of the day, the deal has to be a good deal for Cal Expo." Brian May说官方会很快地进行自己的计划「但最後，这必须是对Cal Expo有好处」 As it has for many years, the downtown railyard remains in this conversation. Talks have been held in City Hall over how to build an arena on land owned by the city inside the railyard, although the mayor said those conversations have not been substantial. The city is buying the lower 33 acres of the railyard, where there would be enough room for an arena. It would have to be designed to fit with a planned major transit center on that site. Officials with Thomas Enterprises, the Atlanta development company that owns the 240-acre railyard site, said Tuesday they are very interested in seeing an arena built on their land. "Absolutely," said company vice president Suheil Totah. "We remain very interested in siting an arena at the railyards. We think it would be a major boost for the redevelopment efforts there." Totah said Johnson has asked him if Thomas is interested in an arena. "We've said yes, but we haven't had any dialogue with the city or the NBA." "The big question, of course, is how do you finance an arena?" Totah said. Assistant City Manager John Dangberg said the city continues to partner with Cal Expo and the NBA in hopes of getting an arena built at Cal Expo. That includes continually searching for new financing possibilities to see if they are usable at Cal Expo or at some other location if the Cal Expo project doesn't materialize, Dangberg said. Johnson said he would discuss his ideas for the arena in the coming days and weeks, as building a new arena has now moved up on his list of priorities. "I need to take a step back and look at the resources that I have and the capacity and figure out what I can move around because this needs to be a priority for our community," the mayor said. ======================================================================= 看来不乐观啊，钱啊。 --

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