KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Could Kansas City's old basketball team be coming back?
The Sacramento Kings are in the middle of an arena controversy, KMBC's Kris Ketz reported. The Kings want a new building, and the franchise is running into problems.
Thursday night in Sacramento, a deal with the city to build a new arena fell apart. The city wants to ask voters to spend $175 million on a new arena, but the Kings want more.
"Unfortunately, it's apparent that neither the city nor our business can generate the revenues necessary to do this project," Kings executive John Thomas said.
Speculation is on the rise that the Kings might be planning a move. Sacramento Councilman Steve Cohn told local TV station KCRA that he thinks the NBA team has already begun its search for a new city.
And Sacramento fans are well aware that Kansas City has approved public funding for a new arena.
But team officials continue to say they're not interested in leaving California, even though business leaders and some on the City Council think the team will leave if the Kings don't get a new building.
There have been no discussions among Kansas City leaders about bringing the Kings back, Ketz reported.
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