Glendale City Council votes to cancel lease with Arizona Coyotes
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Arizona Coyotes Co-Owner, President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc issued the following statement following tonight’s Glendale City Council meeting.
"We are disappointed with the city's decision to violate its obligations under the agreement that was entered into and duly approved only two years ago. We will exhaust any and all legal remedies against the city of Glendale for this blatant violation of its contractual obligations to us."
http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=770543
GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Arizona Coyotes Co-Owner, President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc issued the following statement following tonight’s Glendale City Council meeting.
"We are disappointed with the city's decision to violate its obligations under the agreement that was entered into and duly approved only two years ago. We will exhaust any and all legal remedies against the city of Glendale for this blatant violation of its contractual obligations to us."
http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/m_news.htm?id=770543
Interesting. Does this mean the Coyotes are going to have to find a new place to play outside of Arizona? That would make me sad because it is within driving distance of me (well, 6 hours), and I actually really like the venue to go see the B's play once a year.
Yeah, I'm in Alamogordo, NM, but good chance of ending up back in Vegas after this, so who knows.Fred not Lynn said:
I had thought Vegas was the presumed landing spot for them. I'd rather see them in Ontario, Quebec or Seattle, but whatever.
Ontario and Quebec would create another Winnipeg-in-the-Southeast situation, with the only permanent solution being putting either Detroit or Columbus back in the Western Conference. Seattle's managed exactly zero momentum toward a new stadium. Kansas City isn't exactly giving out a positive vibe for taking on a team. It might be down to either accepting a less-than-ideal situation from LV or hoping to every deity there is that Glendale's city council can be contented with a political victory that still gives the team $15 million of the city's money, but there's an awful lot of saber rattling to think either side's up for compromise.
Why isn't Detroit in the Western Conference?
Illitch can bitch all he wants, but having four O6 teams in one division isn't good for the exposure for the rest of the league.
Illitch can bitch all he wants, but having four O6 teams in one division isn't good for the exposure for the rest of the league.
Great point! That would explain Detroit's argument for being in the East and why Chicago is left in the West! It stinks that they've broken up such a historic rivalry though.tims4wins said:
Nonetheless, Detroit wanted to come to the Eastern conference because of start times for their games. In the past, half their games went late.
jk333 said:
Plus most of their (Chicago's) division mates are in the central - St. Louis, Nashville, Dallas, Minnesota, and Winnipeg are all central time. Colorado is their only division team not in the central. So that basically means that Chicago gets its 41 home games at 7pm local, plus another 14-15 for road division games, plus another 16 on the road against Eastern teams where the games start at 6pm local. That adds to ~70 games in the local time zone or eastern time zone. That's a really high percentage.
The team is losing money hand over fist. They are already losing money each year, and are basically screwed without the $15 million from Glendale each year. And yet now they're threatening litigation? They're willing to spend millions in legal fee's to keep losing money year after year? What? How does that make sense. It's time to, finally, admit defeat and find a new market.
I do wonder how things would've played out if the ping pong balls were favorable for the Coyotes. If ever the league was going to rig a lottery, this was is. Send McDavid to the desert to save the day.
I do wonder how things would've played out if the ping pong balls were favorable for the Coyotes. If ever the league was going to rig a lottery, this was is. Send McDavid to the desert to save the day.
If the Coyotes do move to Las Vegas or Seattle, what city moves up in the expansion lottery. Last I heard, the NHL was considering adding four more cities (LV, Seattle, Quebec and Toronto -- I think?). Would Kansas City get that last bid? Hamilton? Portland, OR?
Frideman's take:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/why-arizona-coyotes-next-home-is-anyones-guess/
Basically, he thinks relocation prior to next season is unrealistic. Seattle, Las Vegas and Kansas City are cities rumored for expansion, but they don't have the infrastructure in place yet. Quebec City does, but that creates logistical nightmare of having a Pacific team playing in the East. Friedman thinks they play one more year in Glendale, and in the process attempt to get a new building with the Suns in Scottsdale. If that fails, they move.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/why-arizona-coyotes-next-home-is-anyones-guess/
Basically, he thinks relocation prior to next season is unrealistic. Seattle, Las Vegas and Kansas City are cities rumored for expansion, but they don't have the infrastructure in place yet. Quebec City does, but that creates logistical nightmare of having a Pacific team playing in the East. Friedman thinks they play one more year in Glendale, and in the process attempt to get a new building with the Suns in Scottsdale. If that fails, they move.
That's basically everyone's take. The stuff with the Suns is kinda new, but the one certainty is the ground in Glendale is finally scorched and salted. To be honest, I'm really surprised the mayor didn't run with this way back when the deal was first voted on in 2013.
OilCanShotTupac said:
Hey now.
There's a realistic possibility that LeBlanc and Robert Sarver will combine forces and find a way to build a multi-use stadium in downtown Phoenix to replace US Airways Center. When the Coyotes were downtown, they thrived. Glendale has been the death of the Coyotes. No one wants to drive out there for a game and no one living there can afford to buy season tickets.
Don't forget that ASU is upgrading their club hockey program to full NCAA...they will need an arena too.
The new stadium is about a 9-10 months away, so that part of the article makes sense. Now, expansion to Seattle and Toronto for 2017-18...