Summary

King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer is releasing the following statement on the passing of Paul Allen.

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When we celebrated Paul Allen’s 20th anniversary of ownership in 2017, I said there was no “Plan B”. There was only “Plan A” and that was the Allen Family.

In 1997, only one person was willing to take the risk of owning an NFL team when the roof was literally falling in on sports in Seattle.

Paul Allen was that one person. Every family that comes together to watch the Seahawks play, whether in Seattle or in London, in their living rooms or at Century Link, should forever be thankful to Paul Allen and the Allen family. When there was not a lot to celebrate on the front page, the Seahawks gave us a lot to celebrate on the sports pages.