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Another NHL team is struggling financially
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:00 pm
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After a 20-year-long circus of financial instability, weak fan support and arena uncertainty, it appears the NHL is down to its last breathe with the flailing Arizona Coyotes franchise. In a three-page letter sent to state Senate President Steve Yarbrough on Tuesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman threatened to move the struggling club to a different part of Arizona if $225 million in public funding for a new arena in Downtown Phoenix isn't approved. The note from Bettman is a last-ditch attempt to get SB-1149 passed, a proposed public funding bill that would provide money for the Coyotes' new arena, but doesn't currently have enough support to pass. "The Arizona Coyotes must have a new arena location to succeed. The Coyotes cannot and will not remain in Glendale," Bettman wrote.
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The city of Glendale has done its part in trying to keep the team, reportedly paying the NHL more than $50 million to cover the Coyotes' large operating losses from 2010-13. The city later awarded an annual $15 million arena management fee to the Coyotes, but terminated that contract after an emergency city council meeting in 2015.
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Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:08 pm to RedRifle
they are struggling on the ice, too.
this team will move somewhere soon
this team will move somewhere soon
This post was edited on 3/8/17 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:11 pm to jefforize
I feel Indianapolis would be great for a hockey team
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:12 pm to Paul Allen
Seattle makes the most sense and apparently the coyotes agree
This post was edited on 3/8/17 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:14 pm to RedRifle
Another? I thought it was well established the Coyotes were financially screwed.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:15 pm to RedRifle
New Orleans Rougarous
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:16 pm to RedRifle
Another? Yotes have been struggling for ages.
Send them to Quebec City already.
Send them to Quebec City already.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:18 pm to UltimateHog
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:19 pm to UltimateHog
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Send them to Quebec City already.
Bring back the Nordiques!
Second choice, make them the Seattle Metropolitans. That would also force the NHL to give a certain division a better name.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:21 pm to Bestbank Tiger
i wish they would bring a team back to quebec
That Nordiques logo was one of the best logos in sports imo
That Nordiques logo was one of the best logos in sports imo
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:21 pm to Jack Bauer7
It was also fun to call them the Nodiques.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:22 pm to RedRifle
Seattle is the obvious fit as there's no NBA team to compete with. Milwaukee supports their AHL team really well and would be a good fit also. The NHL needs to keep a presence out west though
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:27 pm to RemouladeSawce
Interesting. I knew WNBA was still at Key Arena, but figured it would take a new arena to get another team. Who knew the Metropolitans won a Stanley Cup in Seattle? What is so bad about Coyotes arena?
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:28 pm to Rig
With a team going to Vegas, I could see the people out West (non-Cali) still caring about hockey.
The decision to build an arena out in Glendale was bad in the first place. It's a fine facility, near U of Phoenix Stadium, but otherwise, there's nothing there. The arena is attached to a mall of some sort in the middle of the fricking desert.
The decision to build an arena out in Glendale was bad in the first place. It's a fine facility, near U of Phoenix Stadium, but otherwise, there's nothing there. The arena is attached to a mall of some sort in the middle of the fricking desert.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:30 pm to Rig
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The NHL needs to keep a presence out west though
LA, Anaheim, San Jose, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Las Vegas, Winnipeg
This post was edited on 3/8/17 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:31 pm to jefforize
they built the arena away from the people who go to the games, as bad as the Devil Rays in mlb.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:33 pm to jefforize
quote:Yeah and you still have teams like Nashville and Chicago playing in the Western conference and making incredibly long road trips on a regular basis. The last thing the NHL needs is another franchise closer to the east coast than west.
LA, Anaheim, San Jose, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Las Vegas
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:34 pm to Rig
ah, I see what you mean.
Yeah I hope they move to Seattle or Portland
Yeah I hope they move to Seattle or Portland
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:35 pm to TexasTiger08
I totally agree the Yotes were set for failure by moving to Glendale. I think they'd do fine in downtown Phoenix or maybe even Tempe near ASU. ASU's hockey program is doing well and garnering interest believe it or not.
But the NHL doesn't seem to want them in Arizona and it's just a matter of time I'm afraid
But the NHL doesn't seem to want them in Arizona and it's just a matter of time I'm afraid
Posted on 3/8/17 at 5:38 pm to Rig
lets send Carolina back to Hartford while we are at it. Whalers 
Panthers arena is barely full nowadays too.
Panthers arena is barely full nowadays too.
This post was edited on 3/8/17 at 5:39 pm
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