I've been hearing whispers one of the reasons, (besides the Worcester bad attendance in the middle of Bruins country) is that this will ensure San Jose has a hockey team when the parent NHL club move to San Francisco, when the Warriors arena is built and be the San Francisco Sharks. (I've heard previously, rumblings of the Sharks looking to move because of a bad TV deal, but no real agreement on where). Now, a few years ago, I would have said that the Sharks are never ever moving to SF, but their lease at SAP Center is up, and they've got a bad TV Deal. I'm not saying the Sharks are moving to SF, but a lucrative deal that puts the Giants blocks from the Warriors and Sharks 10-15 blocks away would be tremendous for the city of San Francisco. While it's three different sports and the Sharks would be the only NHL team in San Francisco, I still don't know about being in a city with two other high profile teams and sharing a facility with at least one tenant. However with the 49ers down the road from the Shark Tank, and the A's contemplating moving to San Jose, it's hard to imagine the Sharks just packing up and moving north. Because then you have a NHL-ready building either housing a AHL minor league team or no hockey at all just sitting there across from Diridon Station. Capacity for Warriors new arena which I'm going to call Mission Bay Coliseum is estimated to be 18,000. Compare this to SAP Center at San Jose (17,562) and Oracle Arena (19,596). Anyway, just dropping some NHL "gossip"...