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Sun February 17, 2008

OKC sales tax vote is about economics, luring an NBA team

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By John Estus
Staff Writer
It's called an election about basketball, but the March 4 vote has a lot to do with hot dogs, beers, T-shirts and hotel rooms, too.

NBA teams play 41 home games a year. If Oklahoma City gets a team, that's 41 nights for thousands of basketball fans to buy food and drinks downtown or spend money elsewhere in the city before and after games at the Ford Center.


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