SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The city of Sacramento now has less than a week to finalize plans for a new sports complex. And, Friday Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson boarded a plane headed to the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, where he will talk with NBA Commissioner David Stern.

It's a crucial time in these proceedings as Mayor Johnson will present plans for the new arena to Commissioner Stern and the Maloofs, the owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team.

Members of the Mayor's Think Big Arena Committee are also in Florida.

CBS13's Koula Gianulias is also in Orlando and will be reporting throughout the weekend. Gianulias reported on Friday that the mayor and other city officials will be checking out Orlando's Amway Center, opened in 2010 at a cost of $380 million in order to keep the Magic in town. She also said a source told her an NBA All-Star Game in a new downtown Sacramento arena could pump in $100 million to the local economy.

Mayor Johnson spoke briefly before boarding his flight early Friday morning, saying a new arena for the area, and keeping the Kings in town, is about much more than professional sports.

"It's bigger than basketball. This about job creation, I think we all know that," he said. "We're talking about creating over 4,000 jobs. Even riding out here, you know, you pass by Power Balance Pavilion, and you look over there and you think 'God, that business creates roughly a million jobs both full time and part time. If that team is not here, then we are going to lose those jobs. That is not in anybody's best interest."

So far, plans to lease the city's downtown parking to a private firm in order to pay its part of the project are on track. And Mayor Johnson got a bit of good news before heading to Orlando for his meeting. On Thursday, Sacramento County officials announced their plans to contribute to the downtown arena effort by privatizing three county-owned parking garages.

The county Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on a non-binding agreement to privatize 1,500 garage parking spots with profits shared between the downtown arena and county parks, with 75 percent of revenues going toward the arena.

That would be in addition to the city's 7,200 garage spots and 5,500 street spots that are being sent out to bid in order to generate around $200 million toward the sports and entertainment complex.

Its contribution toward the arena would be $1 to $2 million a year, according to the county.

The mayor continues to say he's confident about Sacramento's plan. But it's still unclear exactly what he will be presenting to the Maloofs and Commissioner Stern.

More specifics are expected to be released on Sunday during Commissioner Stern's All-Star weekend media availability.