- year ▁le ase ▁for ▁the ▁Son ics ▁and ▁to ▁build ▁an ▁ 1 , 8 0 0 - st all ▁par king ▁gar age . ▁A cker ley ▁appe ased ▁the ▁Se ah aw ks ' ▁concerns , ▁not ing ▁the ▁ar ena ▁would ▁be ▁empty ▁during ▁any ▁NFL ▁games . ▁The ▁Mar in ers ▁un success fully ▁continued ▁to ▁object , ▁even ▁en list ing ▁then - M aj or ▁League ▁Baseball ▁commission er ▁F aye ▁Vincent ▁and ▁then - American ▁League ▁president ▁Bobby ▁Brown ▁to ▁speak ▁before ▁the ▁council ▁ahead ▁of ▁their ▁final ▁vote . ▁ ▁During ▁negoti ations , ▁A cker ley ▁had ▁asked ▁for ▁a ▁provision ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁se ating ▁at ▁the ▁Col ise um ▁by ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁seats ▁so ▁the ▁older ▁ar ena ▁couldn ' t ▁comp ete ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁building , ▁but ▁the ▁city ▁would ▁not ▁agree . ▁Another ▁s elling ▁point ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁ar ena ▁were ▁lux ury ▁su ites , ▁a ▁means ▁to ▁attract ▁corpor ate ▁money ▁and ▁spons or ship ▁that ▁was ▁then ▁an ▁emer ging ▁new ▁re venue ▁stream ▁for ▁sports ▁team ▁own ers . ▁A cker ley ' s ▁finan cing ▁and ▁agreement ▁with ▁the ▁city ▁h ing ed ▁on ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁ 7 0 ▁proposed ▁lux ury ▁su ites . ▁ ▁A cker ley ▁also ▁committed ▁to ▁subm itting ▁an ▁expansion ▁application ▁to ▁the ▁N HL ▁by ▁a ▁September ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁dead line