Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American billionaire businessman and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of November 2023,Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his personal wealth at around $122 billion,making him the fifth-richest person in the world.
The Seattle Pilots were an American professional baseball team based in Seattle,Washington during the 1969 Major League Baseball season. During their single-season existence,the Pilots played their home games at Sick's Stadium and were a member of the West Division of Major League Baseball's American League. On April 1,1970,the franchise moved to Milwaukee,Wisconsin and became the Milwaukee Brewers.
Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle,Washington,United States. It is located north of Downtown Seattle in the 74-acre (30 ha) entertainment complex known as Seattle Center,the site of the 1962 World's Fair,for which it was originally developed. After opening in 1962,it was subsequently bought and converted by the city of Seattle for entertainment purposes. From 2018 to 2021,the arena underwent a $1.15 billion redevelopment;the renovation preserved the original exterior and roof,which was declared a Seattle Landmark in 2017 and was listed on the Washington Heritage Register as well as the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. The renovated venue has a capacity of 17,151 for ice hockey and 18,300 for basketball.
Daniel Vandal is a Métis Canadian politician in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. He represented St. Boniface on the Winnipeg City Council from 1995 to 2004 and from 2006 to 2014,and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Winnipeg in 2004,coming in second to Sam Katz. He briefly served as acting mayor of Winnipeg following Glen Murray's resignation. On October 19,2015,he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface—Saint Vital in the House of Commons of Canada. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and as of November 20,2019 serves as the Federal Minister of Northern Affairs in Justin Trudeau's cabinet. On October 26,2021,he was also named Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister responsible for the Prairies Economic Development Agency of Canada.
Howard D. Schultz is an American businessman and author who served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000,from 2008 to 2017,and as interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz also owned the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team from 2001 to 2006.
Gregory J. Nickels is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle,Washington. He took office on January 1,2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009,Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor,failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election,and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1,2010.
Richard Conlin is a former member of the Seattle City Council,first elected to council in 1997 and reelected in 2001,2005,and 2009. He was elected,unanimously,by the council to be its president on January 7,2008 and was unanimously reelected on January 4,2010.
The 2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 41st and final season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the franchise's final season of play in Seattle before relocating to Oklahoma City to play as the Thunder. With the hiring of new head coach P. J. Carlesimo as replacement of Bob Hill,who was fired at the end of the previous season,the SuperSonics finished in 15th and last place in the Western Conference with a franchise worst 20–62 record. Seattle's first round draft pick and number two overall Kevin Durant was chosen as the Rookie of the Year at the end of the season.
The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Division (1967–1970),and later as a member of the Western Conference's Pacific (1970–2004) and Northwest (2004–2008) divisions. After the 2007–08 season ended,the team relocated to Oklahoma City,where they now play as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City was a successful effort by the ownership group of the Seattle SuperSonics to relocate the team from Seattle,Washington to Oklahoma City,Oklahoma. The team began play as the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2008–09 NBA season,after becoming the third National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise to relocate in the 2000s.
Clayton Ike Bennett is an American businessman and chairman of the Professional Basketball Club LLC,the ownership group of the Oklahoma City Thunder,an NBA franchise formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics. Bennett is the chairman of Oklahoma City-based Dorchester Capital Corporation,as well as the chairman emeritus of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Heritage Association and served as chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma from 2011–2019.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Paycom Center.
Nicolas Joseph Hanauer is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
Evelyne Reese is a retired politician in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada. She served on the Winnipeg City Council for fifteen years,and ran for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba on two occasions as a candidate of the Liberal Party.
Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020,he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18,2017. He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election,becoming the second Black mayor since Norm Rice,and the first African-Asian American mayor of the city.
Barry Allan Ackerley was an American businessman. He was the former chairman and CEO of the Ackerley Group media company. He was also the owner of the Seattle SuperSonics basketball franchise from 1983 to 2001 and the Seattle Storm basketball franchise from 2000 to 2001.
Daniel Aaron Strauss is an American politician who serves on the Seattle City Council from District 6. A native of Seattle's Ballard neighborhood,he previously worked as an aide to local politicians,including Seattle councilmember Sally Bagshaw.
Andrew Joseph Lewis is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Seattle City Council representing District 7. He was an assistant city attorney prior to his election and also worked on political campaigns.
Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle,Washington founded in 1907. Throughout its history,in spite of various challenges brought about by changing ordinances and planning initiatives,it has operated without major interruptions,making it one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It was created when city councilman Thomas P. Revelle took advantage of the precedent of an 1896 Seattle city ordinance that allowed the city to designate tracts of land as public markets,and designated a portion of the area of Western Avenue above the Elliott Bay tideflats off Pike Street and First Avenue. The first building at the Market opened November 30,1907. During the early 1920s,the north side of the Corner Market became known as the Sanitary Market,and the area developed into a social scene. A new ordinance forbidding farmers' stalls to be placed in the street resulted in proposals to move the market,but in 1921 council voted to retain the existing location and work on expanding in place.
