Washington State Representative Ross Hunter's has posted on his Bills Sponsored page House Bill 2252 that pays for, in part, Acquiring, constructing, maintaining, or operating public 12 sports stadium facilities.

This is the county-wide sales tax on hotels, restaurant, and car rentals that the University of Washington's Husky Stadium. This may also be the source of revenue to pay 1/4 the cost of remodeling KeyArena.

It was my understanding from proposals made to the legislature last year that the city of Seattle requested 1 percent of the funds generated from a 7 percent hotel tax that is collected just in the city and is slated for the Washington State Convention & Trade Center's expansion.

It may eventually become the source, but in its current form the bill that pays for the convention center, House Bill 2250, makes no mention of Seattle Center or KeyArena. For that matter, House Bill 2252 doesn't directly mention Seattle Center or KeyArena either.

I expect one of these bills to change in order to satisfy the settlement agreement between the City of Seattle and Clay Bennett. Bennett is on the hook for $30 million if the state and city approve a revenue source for the arena remodel and a team can not be located by Aug. 17, 2013 to play in it.

Finding a team doesn't look like too much a problem in the current state of the economy, but there is not good reason to overlook a $30 million technicality.

Stay tuned.

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