Greg Van Dusen, one of the original Kings executives responsible for bringing the Kings to Sacramento from Kansas City back in the 80's, went onto Jason Ross's show on KHTK 1140 yesterday to discuss renovation of Sleep Train Arena. Van Dusen and his group, which features Rann Haight, the original architect of both Arco I and II, have been trumpeting renovation for the past couple of years now, but have been relegated to the background as the focus has been primarily on a new downtown arena. But with that plan dead, Van Dusen's renovation plan has come to the forefront a bit more.

The renovation plan is still shrouded in a bit of secrecy, particularly in how it would get funded, which in the end is all that matters. But there were still some nice details given by Van Dusen in his interview.

On why focus on renovation:

On specific changes that would be made:

Van Dusen and his group have recently met with the Kings on the arena renovation and while Van Dusen said he didn't want to speak on the Maloofs' behalf, he did say they seemed to have their concerns satisfied (we all know the Maloofs are reliable in sharing their concerns). As for a timeline, Van Dusen mentioned that work would primarily be done in the offseason, and could be completed in two offseasons.

Talk is all well and good, but before I can really get behind an arena renovation plan, I need to see some concrete details on how the thing is going to get financed, and we need the Maloofs to get publicly on board and stop focusing on relocation first.

You can listen to Van Dusen's Interview for yourself here. Thanks to Kevin for the FanShot.