It's one of the strongest talking points of the Kevin Johnson-led plan to keep the Kings - The $258 million dollar commitment from the City of Sacramento towards the proposed downtown Arena. The positive extracted from this down south is that members of the Board of Governor's, looking to establish precedent for when their time comes to build new arenas, will favor Sacramento over the Seattle Arena plan which only accounts for $200 million ($145 million NBA-only) in public dollars. It's a very strong and valid argument that has been pounded home for months on Twitter, Sactown Royalty and Pro Basketball Talk.

To assume this ultimately plays a factor in which way certain owners will vote on where the Kings play going forward, you have to look at each team/owner's current arena situation. Common logic would tell you that owners whose teams play in older, out of date facilities would be more inclined to weigh this heavier than those who've recently constructed new buildings. For example, It's hard to imagine Mikhail Prokhorov is too worried about public funding precedent while sitting courtside at the brand new Barclay's Center. On the other hand Herb Kohl, owner of the Bucks and aging Bradley Center in Milwaukee would likely put this a little higher on his list of pro and cons. So are there more Prokhorov's or Kohl's sitting at the Board of Governor's table?

Here is a list of NBA Arenas in use today. Note that only eight buildings opened prior to 1993 making them 20+ years old and, in theory, potential candidates for being replaced in the foreseeable future. Those eight include Madison Square Garden (currently undergoing a $1 billion dollar renovation), Oracle Arena (temporary home until the downtown SF building is ready for play) and Sleep Train Arena (obsolete in 3-4 years regardless of this week's BoG decision).

This leaves a total of five arenas. Five - The Bradley Center in Milwaukee (opened 1988), the Palace at Auburn Hills (1988), the Target Center in Minneapolis (1990), EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City (1991), and US Airways Center in Phoenix (1992). Five arenas with owners who could be looking at Sacramento's arena plan versus Seattle's through a lens of reasonable concern on how their bottom line could be impacted in the near future.

Sacramento needs eight owners at this week's BoG meeting to cast a vote against the sale and relocation to Seattle and if you're a Kings fan you are looking for any and all reasons and/or motivation for an owner to say no to Chris Hansen and his arena plan in Seattle. The subsidy situation might be a clear positive for Sacramento, the question is how many owners see it this way as well?