garry1221 said:
twisting your facts to try to make us buy into your way of thinking.
fact. aeg owns the staples center
fact. the anshutz corporation owns the la kings
the aeg corporation which owns the kings is a subsidiary of the anshutz corporation, philip anshutz is the owner of the kings. you're right when you say that he gets all this suite revenue, but regardless if the kings played there or not, he'd be getting all that suite revenue. your statement that he's getting all this revenue while he has locked out his team is a moot point.
What facts am I twisting exactly.
It doesn't matter if Anshutz owns the whole building or just the team, he certainly does not account all of the suite revenue under the Kings. A defined percentage probably goes to the Kings, the same with the Lakers or whatever. Just like Dolan...a certain % of MSG suite revenue goes onto the Rangers books.
So, that amount of revenue is that is going on to the Kings books is really not being earned and it would be a smart idea to refund some of it.
One top of that...."but regardless if the kings played there or not, he'd be getting all that suite revenue."
But would he be getting as much revenue for the suites? I definetly think that without the Kings in the building those suites don't have as much value, especially if the Kings are being replaced by BS events most of the time.
And, now that it is clear to me exactly how rich and how much Anshutz owns, what does it hurt to refund some of the money that was payed for Kings games that were cancelled? The good PR would definetly seem more valuable than a couple thounsand dollars to a guy that rich.