[Lefty Noob]

The trial between the Sonics franchise and the city of Seattle started yesterday.

According to the Associated Press, "In his opening statement, Seattle lawyer Paul Lawrence said the city only agreed in the mid-1990s to spend $84 million to renovate the old Seattle Coliseum—now KeyArena—because the team agreed to stay until 2010. He told U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman the city has every right to hold the Sonics to that bargain, and asked her to force them to stay... Bennett knew full well the Sonics had been losing money at KeyArena and assumed that risk when his group bought the team for $350 million in 2006, Lawrence said."

Sonics vs. Seattle trial begins - NBA - Yahoo! Sports