Though Bennett and his group did a scarecrow negotiation with Renton , Wa. for the construction of a new $500 million arena , they knew that the Washington legislature would refuse to put up taxpayer money -- .
They did so by voting down any subsidy in 2007 .
Though Bennett and his group did a scarecrow negotiation with Renton , Wa. for the construction of a new $500 million arena , they knew that the Washington legislature would refuse to put up taxpayer money -- and they did so by voting down any subsidy in 2007 .