To answer the question posed by this article's headline in one word: No.

Zero mention of Jerry Perry, who booked a hell of a lot of great shows there until recently? Orwellian.

Natomas might not have been opened for development if the responsible parties back in the early 1980s hadn't stumbled across the idea of luring an NBA franchise here, which effectively converted the question from "Whaddaya got against rampant development of valuable floodplain farmlands?" to "Whaddaya got against major-league sports?" among the local hammerheadigentsia. And now the sprawl is here, but to focus on keeping the NBA franchise here, other areas in the region -- downtown Sacramento, Roseville, elsewhere -- must be looked at, too. If the Kings stay, I doubt they'll be playing at a new arena in Natomas. That's just the way that cookie's gonna crumble.

Per the statement: "On one hand, it was Throwback Jersey Night, as the Kings wore uniforms honoring their previous incarnation as the Royals (Rochester Royals, and then Kansas City Royals)," I believe the Rochester Royals became the Cincinnati Royals, and then, upon moving to Kansas City, which already had a Major League Baseball franchise named the Royals, became the Kansas City Kings, then the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and then, in 1985, the Sacramento Kings. With the projected move to Orange County, which already has a National Hockey League franchise up the road named the Los Angeles Kings, it's presumed in some quarters that the team will be rebranded as the Anaheim Royals. Given the crucial (support-wise) February 28 game against the Clippers, which was pushed by boosters as a "Hey, Sacramento, let's sell out Arco Arena and show those Maloofs how much we love our Kings," it might appear, at least to some, that the team's appearance in throwback Royals jerseys was a big f-you from the Maloofs to Sacramento. The throwback jerseys were probably a coincidence, scheduled long before the game developed any subtextual significance. But given the particulars, somebody at Maloof Central should have figured that maybe the "Sacramento" jerseys would be more appropriate that night. No heads-up ball being played in that office. Or maybe, at this point, they just don't care.

Christ on a crutch. Just, um, no.