PCSPounder
Stadium Groupie
There is. Everett or Kent, or if the NHL is willing to pony up for a temporary ice plant, Tacoma. You can probably survive a year - no more than that - in a temporary facility if you have snags provided construction is ongoing and continues on. Granted, it's not the best situation for anyone, but this league has had it worse. Remember the Expo Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds or the Cow Palace, or even the Calgary Corral, anyone??
Everett > Cow Palace (in suites, more important than the difference in number of seats), though any smaller arena is hard pressed to beat the synchronized bug flying that you’d usually get at the Palace, not to mention everyone mooing as they crammed towards the passageways to the parking lot after the game.