OLYMPIA -- Measures to build a new arena for the Seattle Sonics and a NASCAR race track in the state didn't make it past a legislative deadline, but supporters said the projects are very much alive.

Monday was the deadline for House and Senate budget committees to report out bills that have fiscal impact, but nothing with a price tag is ever really dead while the Legislature is in town.

Jim Kneeland, spokesman for Sonics principal owner Clay Bennett, said his group wasn't expecting the stadium bills to be out of budget committee by the cutoff deadline. Legislative leaders can exempt bills that are tied to the budget from the deadline if they decide they want to.

"Our lobbyists are working every day," Kneeland said. "We feel the more information (lawmakers) get, the more likely it will get through."

The NBA team's new ownership, led by Bennett, is seeking to replace KeyArena in Seattle. The team picked Renton as the site for a proposed $500 million multipurpose arena and has said it needs at least $300 million in public tax money for the project.

If Bennett doesn't get an agreement for a new arena in the Seattle area by Oct. 31, his $350 million purchase agreement allows him to move the team to Oklahoma, where he is a prominent businessman.

The taxes and tax credits the Sonics want to use are currently paying for new Seattle stadiums for baseball's Mariners and the NFL's Seahawks, as well as for the remaining debt on the now-demolished Kingdome.

The race track proposal, put forward by Florida-based International Speedway Corp., calls for taxpayers to pay for about half of a $368 million track. The company wants to put the track in Kitsap County, but the bill isn't site-specific.

The House Finance Committee chairman, Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina, said lawmakers had presumed the sports facilities would be considered after the committee deadline. Members need more time to "pencil out" the details of the proposals, he said.