With Covitz, Don’t Believe What You Read

Once again, The Kansas City Star continues its always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life coverage of the Sprint Center’s inability to land a big-name tenant.

AEG finally admitted in this article from today’s paper that the Sprint Center will open in October without a NBA or NHL franchise. But the Star’s Randy Covitz dutifully reported the spin from Tim Leiweke, president of AEG, the company that’s supposed to be finding us a tenant. Covitz reported Leiweke claiming that he has “spent more time on a team in Kansas City in the last two weeks than at any time I have been involved in this project … more time than we spent on the Penguins.”

This is an alarming statement. More time now than ever? What about the months he was courting the Penguins?