
Puget Sound Sports adds Vancouver to lineup
October 15, 2005 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Vancouver Explorers News Release
Bellevue, WA. Puget Sound Sports and Entertainment, LLC (PSSE) has acquired the ABA market rights for Vancouver, British Columbia and will begin play in the 2006-2007 ABA season. PSSE is the parent company of the defending ABA Western Conference Champion Bellevue Blackhawks and the expansion Tacoma Navigators.
PSSE president and CEO, Michael Tuckman, outlined his regional strategy. "This makes us a Pacific Northwest "tent pole" for the ABA and further illustrates our commitment to the league," Tuckman said. "When our Vancouver team takes the court next November, it will be our third launch in three seasons following Bellevue (2004) and Tacoma (2005). We are putting together a very strong operation in Vancouver to maximize the potential that this great city affords. We truly believe that Vancouver will be one of the best basketball markets in North America. The fact is, the NBA Grizzlies should still be there - and we hope that the wonderful citizens of Vancouver will back the ABA with its exciting brand of professional basketball at affordable prices."
Bellevue is an affluent suburb of Seattle, just a few miles from the world headquarters of Microsoft Corporation. PSSE is also the developer of sports arena projects in Bellevue and Olympia, WA where the company has designed a development agreement with the Port of Olympia for a 5000 seat sports and events center on 3.75 acres of downtown waterfront property. For more information, visit www.blackhawkshoops.com or www.tacomanavigators.com or www.abalive.com.
Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.
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