The Arizona Coyotes are in"advanced stages" of discussions with Arizona State University and arena manager OVG Facilities to temporarily use the school's new arena as they wait for approval and construction of their own new building.The Arizona Coyotes are in"advanced stages" of discussions with Arizona State University and arena manager OVG Facilities to temporarily use the school's arena as they wait for approval and construction of their own new building.
“While we have arena standards, we would approach the entire situation in a way intended to accommodate the club’s needs in effectuating a successful transition to a new venue,” he wrote in an email. “While there may very well be some, I can’t think of any hard and fast rules that couldn’t be relaxed to accommodate what is necessary.”
In September, the team submitted a bid for two parcels of a 46-acre tract of land in Tempe in an effort to build a new permanent home. “We are pleased to have submitted a proposal to the City of Tempe," the Coyotes said in a statement."As regulations surrounding the RFP process dictate, we cannot comment any further at this time, but we remain incredibly excited about this extraordinary opportunity.
It's a good chance the Coyotes will have a sellout for once, Bettman will brag about it.
Wow. The NHL is becoming such a joke.
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Never should any hockey discussion with the yotes ever be considered “advanced”.
What a joke! NHL, there are plenty of cities that can and would support a hockey Franchise yet Buttman’s ego is a stake! Gerry, Arizona is not working, it’s ok, you made a mistake! This Franchise is not contributing whatsoever and if I were the NHLPA or players I would be pissed
Lol till they get moved outta there!
How can this be a better option than Quebec City?
Coyotes understanding of economics 🤔
can everyone just get over and butt out of Arizona's ownership and off ice problems. watch the games and leave it at that. i don't lose any sleep over issues that don't affect my enjoyment of the game and neither should anyone else.
This is how bad the NHL wants to save face about trying to make hockey work in Arizona. When will the money pit end?
Quebec City: 🙄 C'est dommage!
What a joke...16,000 season tickets in Quebec City...tomorrow...or 5,000 for 3-4 years before maybe an arena gets built.
Still won't get a sell out
Lame….. let’s move this team to Quebec City and get it over with already.
Auston Matthews is sure to go there now.
At least they’d get to 75% capacity!
Hahahaha junior Hockey teams in the CHLHockey have larger stadiums they fill regularly. This breaking news is just an embarrassment to the league.
Maybe they can split with Quebec? 🤣
NHL PR_NHL you know damn well the people of Quebec City deserve this team more than the owners do
Cool, go Sun Devils.
Is this a joke! Haha 😂 Quebec City just waits
This is truly pathetic.
Hahaha WTF…. Is this for real? There’s obviously a huge problem there. Time for a move! Nordiques LFG!
What will the players think of this? Revenues are already down because tthe pandemic. As “partners” ( LOL) I wonder if they have a say in this
The people of Saskatchewan would fill the SaskTel centre, but that makes too much sense for the NHL.
This is a very weird hill for Bettman to die on.
At least the rink would look full.
What a joke.
Anything to keep a corpse twitching, I guess.
Relocate... these owners have no idea what they are doing! Come on Bettman, Stand up NHL NHLPA PR_NHL . You are robbing fans of the best sport in the world and putting them in a tiny 5k arena. NEVER!
Gary Bettman:
Relocate
Just move the team already
The Coyotes should be relocated to a city that can support the team… Like Houston
This is getting ridiculous. Y’all think that Matthews is gonna sign here when his contract is up? Yeah right. 😂
What a joke. They won't even be a able to sell this place out, mark my words. Move the franchise already. NHL
do you think they can get 5000 ppl to show up for a game
... and they STILL cant sell it out. 😛
There must be some kind of hidden reason why Bettman is so determined to keep this debacle going. Is somebody blackmailing him?
Hey, NHL you guys ok? Cuz you seem like you’re pretty weird. nhl arizonacoyotes NHL
Joke of a franchise
I bet ticket prices skyrocket! Simple supply and demand
5,000 seats That's way too big for the Coyotes
Good luck making revenue. Better off selling the team to Quebec or Houston
Move them to Saskatoon already
What a joke!!! Move that team. An nhl team with a 5000 seat arena you have to be kidding me. Bettman will never admit moving was a mistake
And when Toronto shows up 5000 Maple Leaf jerseys!!!
Finally a full arena for the yotes
Just move the franchise Gary
The real question is, could they sell it out?
Lmao
When will the nhl just say enough is enough and move the team to Quebec? They seemed to be eager beavers to get the North Stars moved to Dallas and the Jets to Atlanta…
betmansembarrasment
Such a waste of an NHL team
Quebec is a waiting
What a joke of a team 😂 why does betman have such a hard on for them lol
Move to Quebec
Bettman just burning money
The NHLPA needs to step in and call a spade a spade. It’s obvious the NHL just keeps this joke franchise around for escrow
How pathetic. Bettman is a horrendous commissioner.
Listen, I hate Saskatchewan. But if you put them in Sasktel centre there won’t be an empty seat in that building for the next 3-4 years
LMFAO yeah I'm sure the teams who pay to prop this dumpster fire franchise up will love that. Absolute anchor to the league.
Quebec City
What an absolute farce this organization is. Continuing to support it makes the NHL look even sillier.
Move them to BC or something
This franchise is a joke lol
That's stupid. Just move them.
This is a joke
Still won’t be able to sell out the building!
rayanddregs Lmao!
rayanddregs So stupid, Betteman & cie are so stuck in the old way of doing things, the league would be so much better with new younger more proactive leaders.
Boo hiss boo. Come to Quebec🥅🏒
This franchise is a joke. Bettman can't admit when he's wrong. Imagine a team in any other sport trying this and not being relocated.
Will they put tarps over the 4000 seats they can't sell?
Move the team already
Just get out of Arizona it’s past due
just fold already. Move to Hartford please
Probably still won’t sell it out
To another city…
Love the irony: they position a clearly regressive business move with the subliminal ‘advanced’ in the description.
Curious. Why can’t they play in same arena as the Phoenix Suns ?
What a disaster
Will they cover up the 3000 empty seats?
Phoenix....
How embarrassing, just fold the team!
Move the team to Quebec. The franchise has been on life support for years. Arizona clearly does not want an NHL team.
They won’t even sell half of those seats.
Move them to Hartford
What a joke, Bettman wouldn’t allow a Canadian team to do this he would demand they move to another city but because he can’t admit he was wrong on placing a team there he will do everything to keep them there. It has failed move the team.
Just send this team to Quebec already. It doesnt work in Arizona
Bring them to the UNB Aitken Centre
LOL.
That is embarrassing!
CHL players play in larger arenas than this. Imagine, getting a call to the show for your NHL debut, and the crowd is smaller than playing in Kitchener or a London
And it still won’t be full ….
If they fail to sell out that place even one night, relocate this dogshit franchise
Hey Qubec you got an arena and a desire?
Seriously..Good luck.
What a joke 😂
Still probably won't sell out a game
5000 seats? How does that math work - at all? NHL can’t allow that can they? All rhetorical and I guess this confirms a move to highest bidding city which would still be a “b” class choice. Also may fuel another team to make a preemptive move.
Embarrassing but gotta be realistic
And still, Gary hung on by his fingernails, while the rest of the league funded his doomed vanity project.
Move them already. Houston, KC, Quebec, doesn’t matter. The Phoenix experiment failed, Gary. Time to face facts.
They still wont sell out
Vidéotron Centre holds 18k, maybe ArizonaCoyotes should check with them
thgofyoutube
What the actual fuck ?!?!?
5000?
just move them to Quebec City
If the plan is for a temporary small arena why not relocate to Regina or Saskatoon temporarily?
Pathetic
That way they’ll have close to a sell out every game
Wow
5000 seats is a joke to the League.
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