NHL Seattle is thinking big with an NBA-ready arena and event-hosting aspirations
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Leiweke also mentioned that his group would also be interested in eventually hosting or co-hosting hockey's World Junior Championship as part of its efforts to grow the game at a grassroots level in its expansive Pacific Northwest territory. “We're going to do a ton of music shows,” said Leiweke. “Acoustically, we're spending lots of money to make sure that this building is concert-hall perfect. Music is something we're very bullish on.
Bruckheimer, 75, is best-known for producing a long string of Hollywood blockbusters over nearly 40 years. When he’s home in Los Angeles, he still plays in a weekly pickup game every Sunday at 6:15 p.m. alongside Hollywood agents, actors and, during the NHL offseason, even current stars like P.K. Subban.
“I think the fact that it's a very tight bowl, it’s going to be loud, and it's going to have just fantastic soundscapes and a phenomenal hockey presentation that we're gonna put on,” continued Bruckheimer. “It's show business. Any way you want to look at it, we're entertainers — that's what we do. We entertain an audience, a worldwide audience. This is a sport that translates all over the world. You get players from everywhere.
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