With news breaking recently that a potential NBA/NHL arena to be built in Tukwila is in the works, their has been plenty of news on the subject of late. The arena group includes former Sonic legend Fred Brown as well as all-time NBA great Bill Russell among others.

Here’s the latest. 

• According to King 5 News, the arena has been “in works for months”.

Here are some shots of the land in Tukwila and what an arena might look like-

Tukwila’s TOD District, for proposed #TukwilaArena, can been seen here: pic.twitter.com/skgur9Hphl

— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 27, 2015

New documents show Tukwila Arena in works for months: http://t.co/tlXO8DzONv via @ChrisDaniels5pic.twitter.com/utXFYU1dje — KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) April 29, 2015

Here’s more specifics from Chris Daniels

Tukwila also says it only takes 11 minutes to get to Tukwila-Downtown Seattle…by car.. 18 minutes from Bellevue… http://t.co/roWDQaFiNW

— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 29, 2015

Not to be outdone, the Seattle Arena is on track to make progress as well.

Checked in with #Seattle Mayor’s Office today – which maintains the FEIS on the #SeattleArena project will be done May 7th.

— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) April 29, 2015

To read why I think the Tukwila Arena is a good idea, click here.