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he mayor thought I would agree that if we build it, they — a pro sports franchise looking to hold somebody for ransom over a better lease deal or worse, an expansion team — might come.

I told him that if we build it, we shouldn’t give one hoot if the NBA or NHL comes.

In other words, I stand by what I wrote in 2007: That if somebody coughs up $500 million in a sluggish economy to build a new sports arena in downtown Las Vegas, we/they/it shouldn’t monopolize it with 41 home games featuring the decrepit Las Vegas Kings, formerly of Sacramento, unless they could work a deal to play the Lakers 41 times.