I heard Kansas City's name come up plenty of times but nothing came of it. Which goes to show you don't build a stadium without something in writing or a lock solid handshake that you're getting a tenant to play there, unless the plan was for them to host concerts, conference tournaments and high school events and I know for a fact it wasn't.

New Orleans also did this but got lucky on a number of fronts, first that the Hornets moved after they had an outside shot at the Rockets and that politics demanded that the Hornets stay a decade ago because of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina (which in turn robbed the Sonics from Seattle when it should have been the Hornets moving there, as New Orleans can barely support pro sports).