Bob Condotta at the Seattle Times just wrote a piece on whether Jeff Bezos should buy the Seattle Seahawks. I have a different question. Why and how should any dead man be able to own a football team? Since Paul Allen’s death on October 2018, the Seahawks have insisted the team is not [...]
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October 15th, 2018 - 4:33 pm § in Misc.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies
Paul Allen died Monday in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a disease he battled for years. His family described him as “a remarkable individual, a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said “he created magical pro[...]
November 18th, 2016 - 11:19 am § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allen: Flipping Seattle Trump Style
Vulcan Flips Amazon building in S. Lake Union for $244 million I guess the next step will be for Vulcan to work with Trump to develop his proposed Trump Club. Amazon office building at 400 Ninth Ave N. (Vulcan Real Estate) Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate has unloaded another part of its[...]
September 13th, 2016 - 9:37 am § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allen’s Octopus Featured in The Guardian
The ultra rich are getting poorer! They control only $19.3tn in assets, down from $22tn the year before. But sales of super-yachts rose 40% last year! (abstracted from Julia Kollewe The Guardian) The global super rich continued to splash out on super-yachts and luxury goods last year, despite[...]
September 19th, 2014 - 12:28 pm § in Misc.
Paul Allen: Yet another toy!
GEEKWIRE: Paul Allen paid $2.5M for this German tank, says seller refuses to deliver by Todd Bishop on September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 at 10:47 am6 Comments Paul Allen is finding it very difficult to acquire this tank. The 28-ton Panzerkampfwagen IV, better known as the Panzer IV, was used by [...]
September 9th, 2014 - 2:37 pm § in Misc.
More Toys for Paul Allen
DeLoreans set the standard and all, but if I had to travel to and from the future today, I’d want to hit the space-time continuum in equal parts comfort, class, and automatic liftable flybridge lounge that self-converts to a bar and twerk floor when the sun sets. German luxury vehicle m[...]
April 1st, 2014 - 4:58 am § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allen Replaces Old Island Off Of Anacortes
BUILDS An Island! This One Is Not Limited to Puget Sound! (TANews, Seattle) Having sold off his island off of Anacortes, billionaire Paul Allen has replaced it with a magnificent new “floating city” .. also called Allen Island. While the previous Allen Island was part of Washington[...]
January 5th, 2014 - 1:39 am § in Misc.
Paul Allen Sells An Island .. Loses money!
Read more at The Seattle Times .. click the pic [...]
October 6th, 2012 - 10:13 pm § in The Ave Scene
Paul Allen Makes $1.5 billion off of Jeff Bezos
Amazon Shells Out $1B+ To Own The Keys To Its Seattle Corporate HQ[...]