Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team is a 2009 American documentary film chronicling the history of the Seattle SuperSonics. The SuperSonics were a professional basketball franchise based in Seattle, Washin
Sonicsgate director Jason Reid draws attention to the Sonicsgate story speaking through a bullhorn outside the flagship NBA store in New York City.
On July 2, 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics, an American professional basketball team that competed in the National Basketball Association, moved from its original city of Seattle to Oklahoma City. The t
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…Sonics played from 1967 until 2008, but relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and were renamed as the Thunder. Sonicsgate chronicles the SuperSonics move to Oklahoma City, focusing on the more scandalous corporate and political reasons why the Sonics left Seattle and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in July 2008. The…
The interior of KeyArena during the SuperSonics' final home game in Seattle, which was played against the Dallas Mavericks.
After the sale of the SuperSonics, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels pledged he would fight to keep the team from moving to Oklahoma City.
KeyArena, rebuilt in 1995, was the smallest venue in the NBA at the time of the SuperSonics' move, seating 17,072 for basketball.
Paycom Center (then known as the Ford Center), which seats 18,203 for basketball, was completed in 2002, and has received public funding for renovation.