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====KeyArena after the Sonics====
Once KeyArena lost the SuperSonics and the Thunderbirds, who moved in 2008 as well, to nearby [[Kent, Washington|Kent]], there was speculation that KeyBank may try to amend the naming rights deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/virgin/371623_virgin22.html|first=Bill|last=Virgin|title=KeyArena lost a tenant; will it lose a name?|newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=July 22, 2008}}</ref> In March 2009, the city and KeyCorp signed a new deal for a two-year term ending December 31, 2010, at an annual fee of $300,000.<ref name="clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us"/>

In 2009, the [[Seattle Redhawks|Seattle University]] Redhawks men's basketball team began playing their home games at KeyArena for the first time since 1980. In February 2009, the [[Seattle City Council]] approved a new 10-year lease that would keep the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA's]] Storm at KeyArena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/lease090202.html|title=STORM: Council Approves Storm Lease|publisher=National Basketball Association|date=February 2, 2009|access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref>

In 2009, the arena hosted the [[No Way Out (2009)|WWE No Way Out]] [[List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events|pay-per-view]] event. The [[WWE]] returned on March 9, 2010, to tape the March 9 episode of ''[[WWE NXT|NXT]]'' and March 12 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. They would return a year later to host the [[Over the Limit (2011)|WWE Over the Limit]] pay-per-view on May 22, 2011. In April 2011, the [[Professional Bull Riders]] brought the [[Built Ford Tough Series]] to KeyArena for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=PBR Announces 2011 BFTS Schedule |url=http://www.pbrnow.com/release/?id=6771 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928023610/http://www.pbrnow.com/release/?id=6771 |archive-date=September 28, 2010 |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=www.pbrnow.com}}</ref>

Between June 28 and 30, 2011, the arena hosted the Seattle audition stages in the first season of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] singer search program ''[[The X Factor (U.S. TV series)|The X Factor]]''.

On January 21, 2011, Seattle Center announced that KeyCorp would not renew its agreement for naming rights of KeyArena, after 15 years of sponsorship. However, the venue retained the KeyArena name until its redevelopment, despite the fact that the naming right had expired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://queenanne.komonews.com/content/name-change-coming-keyarena |title=Name change coming to KeyArena |work=[[KOMO-TV|KOMO]] |date=January 22, 2011 |access-date=December 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317110206/http://queenanne.komonews.com/content/name-change-coming-keyarena |archive-date=March 17, 2012}}</ref>

In January 2012, [[ESPN|ESPN.com]] reporter [[Scott Burnside]] said KeyArena "would be entirely acceptable", as a temporary venue for an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] franchise, depending on a future arena plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mynorthwest.com/384/619433/Sports-fans-may-be-closer-to-a-new-team-than-they-think|title=NHL Reporter: Seattle a Favorite for Relocated Team|first=Jessamyn|last=McIntyre|work=[[KIRO (AM)|KIRO]]|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> The [[Phoenix Coyotes]] were often speculated to be a likely candidate for relocation and in June 2013, reports circulated that if the NHL could not negotiate a new lease for the Coyotes with the city of [[Glendale, Arizona]], by July 2, the league would sell the team to a private investment group which would then be given permission to relocate the team to Seattle prior to the 2013–2014 season and use KeyArena as a temporary home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/phoenix-coyotes-moving-seattle-roenick-reportedly-part-plan-143114434.html|title=Phoenix Coyotes Moving to Seattle? Roenick Reportedly Part of Plan B for NHL|first=Sean|last=Leahy|work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=June 16, 2013|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> On July 2, the city of Glendale, Arizona approved a new lease for the Coyotes at [[Jobing.com Arena]], and soon after, the NHL approved the sale of the Coyotes to an investment group that would keep the Coyotes in the Phoenix area, eliminating the possibility that the Coyotes could move to Seattle.

Conversely, in February 2012, [[SB Nation]] columnist Travis Hughes said that while it made "too much sense" for the NHL not to put a team in Seattle in the future, KeyArena was completely unsuitable even as a temporary facility due to the same problems with sight lines that ultimately forced the Thunderbirds to move out. Hughes wrote that even one year of NHL hockey in an arena where half the lower bowl sat unused would be "just unacceptable." He argued that the situation would be even worse than what the Coyotes faced at [[America West Arena]], their original home in Phoenix. When the Coyotes played there from 1996 to 2003, they had to deal with seats where part of the ice could not be seen at all, forcing them to curtain off several thousand seats in the upper level.<ref name=SBNation>{{cite web |last=Hughes|first=Travis|url=https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2012/2/6/2774912/seattle-nhl-relocation-phoenix-coyotes-key-arena|title=NHL Relocation: Why The Phoenix Coyotes Won't Move To Seattle This Summer|work=[[SB Nation]]|date=February 6, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref>

League officials later hinted that a new arena would have to be in place before a new or relocated NHL team came to Seattle. During the 2012 All-Star Weekend, Bettman said that while Seattle was a good fit for the NHL, "there's no building."<ref name=SBNation/> Deputy Commissioner [[Bill Daly]] said that KeyArena would be "a difficult arena for hockey" due to the large number of obstructed-view seats.<ref name=king5>{{cite web |url=http://www.king5.com/sports/Group-interested-in-luring-NHL-to-Seattle-122557174.html |title=Group interested in luring NHL to Seattle |publisher=KING-TV |access-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528015327/http://www.king5.com/sports/Group-interested-in-luring-NHL-to-Seattle-122557174.html |archive-date=May 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 2012, [[KING-TV|KING 5]] reporter Chris Daniels said an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team could also use KeyArena as a temporary home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.king5.com/sports/Is-KeyArena-key-to-arena-proposal-138899044.html |title=Is KeyArena Key to Arena Proposal? |work=[[KING-TV|KING]] |date=February 7, 2012 |access-date=December 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209121907/http://www.king5.com/sports/Is-KeyArena-key-to-arena-proposal-138899044.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012}}</ref>

In July 2012, at a public town hall meeting debating Chris Hansen's [[Sonics Arena|proposed NBA/NHL arena]] in downtown [[Seattle]], anti-arena proponents wanted to "re-explore" using KeyArena instead of the proposed site downtown.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mike|last=Salk|url=http://mynorthwest.com/422/704804/Arena-opponents-want-to-keep-Key-Arena-in-play|title=3 Important Messages from Town Hall Meeting on Arena|work=[[KIRO (AM)|KIRO]]|date=July 10, 2012|access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref>

From 2014 to 2017, American [[video game developer]] [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] hosted [[The International (Dota 2)|The International]], the world championship for ''[[Dota 2]]'' [[eSports]], at the venue, which featured prize pools of over $20 million in 2016 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=The International|url=http://blog.dota2.com/2014/03/the-international-10/|access-date=April 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tickets to The International|url=http://blog.dota2.com/2015/03/tickets-to-the-international/|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Matt|title=The International 2016 Now Has the Largest eSports Prize Pool in History|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/27/the-international-2016-now-has-the-largest-esports-prize-pool-in-history|website=IGN|date=July 27, 2016 |access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref> TI returned to the venue in 2023.

KeyArena hosted early rounds of the [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]] in [[1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1999]] and  [[2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2015]].

On September 16, 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions takes center stage beginning Sept. 15|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=19213|publisher=usagym.org|access-date=March 26, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085825/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=19213|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Roger Federer]] organized a tennis exhibition match at KeyArena with [[Match for Africa|Match for Africa 4]], held on April 29, 2017. Two matches were played, the first a doubles match pitting Roger Federer and [[Bill Gates]] against [[John Isner]] and [[Mike McCready]] of [[Pearl Jam]], and a singles match featuring Federer and Isner. More than $2 million was raised for the Roger Federer Foundation from the match's proceeds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://komonews.com/sports/sports-content/tennis-great-roger-federer-wins-keyarena-match|title=Tennis great Roger Federer plays KeyArena matches in fundraiser|author=KOMO Staff|date=2017-04-30|website=KOMO|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref>

On October 5, 2018, the [[Golden State Warriors]] played against the [[Sacramento Kings]] in a preseason game at KeyArena, the same arena where [[Kevin Durant]] played previously with the Sonics. The game was mostly played to celebrate its moments with the NBA and ended up being its final event as the KeyArena before the arena closed down for redevelopment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/arena/former-sonic-durant-warriors-to-play-keyarenas-last-game-in-october/281-575543293|title=Former Sonic Durant, Warriors to play KeyArena's last game in October|author1=Daniels|first=Chris|date=July 19, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2018|publisher=[[KING-TV]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/nba-delivers-supersonic-goodbye-to-seattles-keyarena/281-601505839|title=NBA delivers supersonic goodbye to Seattle's KeyArena|last=Crowe|first=Michael|date=2018-10-06|access-date=2019-05-20|publisher=[[KING-TV]]}}</ref>