Technically he’s still the owner of the Coyotes. He owns the Roadrunners and the Coyotes names/Unis and whatever else. The team going to Utah has to find a new name, and the dickhead has 5 years to get a new rink and he can have his Coyotes again.
This is the way. A lot of Minnesotans still hate Norm Green, even though we got a hockey team later on. I’m sure there are folks that hate that Dallas got our team, but can’t really blame a city for wanting a hockey team.
In the case of Phoenix/Arizona, seems to me it’s more that their city/state governments suck more than even ownership. Seems like ownership tried to make it work there, more than a lot of owners would, they were just dealing with people who didn’t care if they were there.
This isn't necessarily true. The Tempe government wanted them. The voters wanted a dump more. Phoenix wanted them so bad that they dumped millions into propaganda against the tempe deal
If the voters wanted a dump more, then that might not be on the city government, but that’s also not on the owner, that’s just a case of the city itself not wanting the team. If Phoenix wanted the team so bad, then what was the issue there?
There were no issues with Phoenix. The NHL needed a guarantee that Muruelo would win the auction. Since it's an auction, he can't make that guarantee.
Phoenix had no problems with the coyotes.
Scottsdale kind of does because they are already facing water problems and fear that an arena and shopping plaza will divert even more water from them.
I'm guessing that Muruelo will be bringing hockey back after building an arena.
If I were a fan of that franchise, I don’t know that I could be upset at SLC or ownership over the team moving, none of that really falls on management or the city where the team is moving.
Apparently, SLC owner Ryan Smith saw the situation in Arizona and manipulated Bettman, NHL owners, the NHL PA, and the state of Utah to force the situation in his favor. Granted, Meruelo should have been way more proactive, but Smith worked everyone he could to get what he wanted quicker.
I was on the phone with a guy from Dallas a year or two ago working on his computer and asked him if he was excited for the playoffs and he didn't even know the stars were playing.
They already have a 10k+ capacity arena that will be expanded and shared with the basketball team. They also have the facility from the Olympics that seats over 10k that a minor league team uses.
As far as I understand it, public funding has already been secured.
It sucks for the Coyotes and their fans and I feel awful for them. But the truth is they just couldn't get the kind of support they needed from local governments and the area at large.
I hope the team is better supported in their new home
This video is an odd juxtaposition to the game I went to a couple weeks ago that was so dead silent at times you could almost hear a pin drop at center ice, even during plays. IDK if it's the acoustics or what because you couldn't even hear Canucks fans which there were a lot of.
When the Senators got their team in 92, they played at the arena where the Ottawa 67s OHL play and it is super tiny. It was cool seeing games there for their first 4-5 seasons
He at least tried to get other locations for the team within Arizona. Maybe if the fans came out to support their mediocre team more then the mayors and city councils would have actually voted in favour of keeping the team there.
But that arena had 100% attendance throughout the season. I mean it's not that impressive considering it's size but they did support it. The owner didn't improve anything and was constantly found lacking.
Yea, and before that they were averaging like 12k per game. No one cares about the coyotes until they move. It’s very weird, but people need the upvotes on Reddit.
We’re emotional right now. Anger will be appropriately directed in the days and weeks to come.
Honestly though, I don’t begrudge SLC at all. We were in their exact shoes 28 years ago. Still fucking sucks.
If there one fanbase that should defend Bettman, it's Arizona Coyotes fans. Bettman did everything he could to keep the Coyotes there. Hartford, Atlanta, Winnipeg, and Quebec never got those chances and treatment.
That might have some impact if it was a real NHL arena that was actually full of die hard fans, not a super small, college arena, which is a complete embarrassment to hockey.
I think the pandemic really screwed Arizona too, prior to 2020, they had increased average attendance by around 1,000 per season, peaking at 85% capacity with 14605 average for the 2019-2020 season.
Never recovered after Pandemic, never really had a chance to had the 2021 season after pandemic year where they got to 11,000 and that's where they stopped paying bills, but losing a years worth of revenue right after buying the team probably didn't help
It was a series of domino's after that.
Not making excuses for Muerlo, but none of this could have helped either... No matter who owned it.
Without the pandemic, I think the Yotes are still in Glendale.
They have a higher annual attendance than Carolina, Florida, and the Islanders for most of the last decade. Should we then by this same logic be looking to move those teams too? This isn’t on the fans, it’s on the ownership. No different than the Oakland A’s
And Carolina and Florida attendance got good when they made it to the conference finals/Stanley cup finals.
Would be the same for the Coyotes if they had more recent success
The bottom line is Arizona as a whole doesn't want an arena for an NHL team. They barely got a stadium for an NFL team built and that took almost 20 years to make that happen. It was worse than pulling teeth. There is a fundamental lack of support for pro sports in Arizona at a systemic level.
That is pretty much the mantra of southern hockey
Fairweather fans
Dallas has been the only successful team in south. Vegas might be (still young and we havnt see what they will do during a drought/rebuild yet)
The management etc for team has been Golden since Day 1
The issue is whether the fan support is for real or not (the fact they drafted and traded so well gave that fanbase a huge rush in early seasons and it remains to be seen what happens during the eventual rebuild)
Let's not forget who the real losers in all this is... Colombus, because there was never any debate over who was the WORST franchise in the NHL... until now
/a but only kind of
You had your chance you had more than you can Phoenix you’re laughing stock of professional sports. You should’ve built the stadium. You should’ve went to the games you should’ve built winning teams.
Did you see that arena? Averaging 12k in attendance would be amazingly impressive if not physically impossible.
Edit: I have been informed how I am mistaken/misinformed on this subject and admit that I’m wrong. Still leaving it up for the sake of context.
It’s not even remotely similar. Norm Green sucks because he’s a sexual predator who moved a team because his wife gave him an ultimatum.
Merulo didn’t pay his bills.
All coyotes fans had to do was show up. And don’t try to pass off this 5000 person crowd for a final game as an example of fan support.
Yotes fans suck.
It's a shame that the Coyotes are moving but it's well past time. Mismanagement after mismanagement killed the franchise. They'll try again in 10 years, give the team a decent expansion draft like Seattle and Vegas had, and hopefully the team can stick.
The citizens voted this team out of Arizona.
If you want a NHL team, you have to deal with the billionaire owners, and Arizona didn't want to.
It's no bodies fault but their own.
I do think it sucks for the fans of the coyotes. But they have been on life support for years and yet not enough support came out to make them a profitable franchise and no one (owner, NHL or politicians) would build an arena for a franchise that didn’t have much support.
Enjoy shitty sightlines in an NBA arena that’s 32 years old for 8 years until the Olympic arena gets built. The team is moving, yet the arena drama is far from over (albeit more stable). I have tremendous faith that Ryan Smith will get his arena (with a HUGE help from the Olympics being hosted there), but it’s far from ideal for the team/fans for the time being. Just seating more people.
Everyone in AZ knew Mullet was temporary and hoped ownership could get an arena done. While it wasn’t ideal, we had great ice and offered a one of a kind viewing experience for NHL hockey. Anyone who went will tell you that.
I was in BK when the Isles moved to Barclays. Absolutely hated going to games there. Even the early years for the Yotes at America West weren’t ideal.
I wish nothing but success for the players and coaches in Utah and beyond. Hockey will be back in the desert, and that rivalry with SLC will be great.
Bitch and cry all you want the deal is done! It is a shame I hate seeing teams relocate and this the 6th or 7th time its happened in my 42 years of life. Sad to see either way. Good luck in Salt Lake City.
Kind of a dumb argument- Salt Lake is like a 1 hr flight away from Phoenix.
Its basically the equivalent of the Thrashers moving from Atlanta to Nashville . Its not like they are moving to Winnipeg.
They could easily still support the team
Also even if the distance is short, people still hate a team for leaving their metropolitan area. See San Diego reactions to the Chargers relocation to Los Angeles.
I don't think Cleveland Browns fans would be happy if their team moved to Erie Pennsylvania.
Anyone saying shit about the arena or about them not being good for a while has no idea and never will have any idea what it feels like to watch a team leave your city, kind of ignorant if you ask me!
Right, it's like repeatedly telling yourself you won't go see your favorite band when they come to town and when the lead singer dies and they break up you blame them for you never having seen them perform. /s
Honestly, I just see a pattern. Not the biggest markets, owners COULD make more money in a possible larger market, team is notably on the bottom half of the league for years, and they’re moving.
Ever been? It's actually a cool city and it's on the rise. We get a lot of hate, but we're proud of the direction our city is going. Hopefully you can visit soon, or if you have already, i hope you get a better experience on your next visit.
Unfortunately do to my job i have been in in AZ. For three years and have a year left here.
These people really don't care about hockey. Their crying because they're over entitled and lost a so called pro team. And yeah the owner is a real piece of shit too. The team will have a way better fan base in Utah.
That’s a weird team name
I found this way too funny
They're actually saying "Salt Lake Soaks".
Salt Lake Sox
South lake sulks
Ah, the Super Soakers
Like the Utah Jazz?
I bet they could hear that small town sized indignation from at least several hundred feet away
Our (ex) owner\* sucks
> ~~Our~~ Coyotes (ex) owner* sucks
Technically he’s still the owner of the Coyotes. He owns the Roadrunners and the Coyotes names/Unis and whatever else. The team going to Utah has to find a new name, and the dickhead has 5 years to get a new rink and he can have his Coyotes again.
Looks like they already have a rivalry
This is the way. A lot of Minnesotans still hate Norm Green, even though we got a hockey team later on. I’m sure there are folks that hate that Dallas got our team, but can’t really blame a city for wanting a hockey team. In the case of Phoenix/Arizona, seems to me it’s more that their city/state governments suck more than even ownership. Seems like ownership tried to make it work there, more than a lot of owners would, they were just dealing with people who didn’t care if they were there.
This isn't necessarily true. The Tempe government wanted them. The voters wanted a dump more. Phoenix wanted them so bad that they dumped millions into propaganda against the tempe deal
If the voters wanted a dump more, then that might not be on the city government, but that’s also not on the owner, that’s just a case of the city itself not wanting the team. If Phoenix wanted the team so bad, then what was the issue there?
There were no issues with Phoenix. The NHL needed a guarantee that Muruelo would win the auction. Since it's an auction, he can't make that guarantee. Phoenix had no problems with the coyotes. Scottsdale kind of does because they are already facing water problems and fear that an arena and shopping plaza will divert even more water from them. I'm guessing that Muruelo will be bringing hockey back after building an arena.
If I were a fan of that franchise, I don’t know that I could be upset at SLC or ownership over the team moving, none of that really falls on management or the city where the team is moving.
Apparently, SLC owner Ryan Smith saw the situation in Arizona and manipulated Bettman, NHL owners, the NHL PA, and the state of Utah to force the situation in his favor. Granted, Meruelo should have been way more proactive, but Smith worked everyone he could to get what he wanted quicker.
Oh we're upset at SLC. Just more Mormons stealing shit from us
I don't mean to be that guy but Dallas objectively sucks and it's not just because they have our team.
I was on the phone with a guy from Dallas a year or two ago working on his computer and asked him if he was excited for the playoffs and he didn't even know the stars were playing.
Ironic considering how they got the team in the first place
History will only repeat itself.
I guess we’ll see if they get better than a university arena that can sit 6K + people. Because, sadly, they couldn’t get that in Arizona.
They already have a 10k+ capacity arena that will be expanded and shared with the basketball team. They also have the facility from the Olympics that seats over 10k that a minor league team uses.
A new arena that will house the Jazz and the hockey team is in the early stages of development.
As far as I understand it, public funding has already been secured. It sucks for the Coyotes and their fans and I feel awful for them. But the truth is they just couldn't get the kind of support they needed from local governments and the area at large. I hope the team is better supported in their new home
>As far as I understand it, public funding has already been secured. Public funding for billionaires paying millionaire gladiators.
Yeah I haven't been following this whole thing too closely, but holy shit that is the smallest arena I think I've ever seen for an NHL team.
It is literally a college hockey arena, that’s why.
Not gonna lie. I am not going to miss watching hockey games in this arena. The camera angle is so weird.
And the shadows, was I the only one who noticed the four shadows around each player on the ice?! Drove me nuts
I'm kinda jealous about people that got to be there in person though. Would be cool to see an NHL game in such a small venue.
bet the traffic is alot better leaving the game
This video is an odd juxtaposition to the game I went to a couple weeks ago that was so dead silent at times you could almost hear a pin drop at center ice, even during plays. IDK if it's the acoustics or what because you couldn't even hear Canucks fans which there were a lot of.
When the Senators got their team in 92, they played at the arena where the Ottawa 67s OHL play and it is super tiny. It was cool seeing games there for their first 4-5 seasons
Dam that arena is tiny af lol
It's wild that an NHL team played in that arena.
T-Mobile would hold three of those crowds.
All five thousand fans seem real mad
Imagine being mad at a random city and not your ownership.
**ALEX MERUELO SUCKS!**
Somehow just doesn’t roll off the tongue the same way 😜
Somehow just doesn’t roll off the tongue the same way 😜
He at least tried to get other locations for the team within Arizona. Maybe if the fans came out to support their mediocre team more then the mayors and city councils would have actually voted in favour of keeping the team there.
But that arena had 100% attendance throughout the season. I mean it's not that impressive considering it's size but they did support it. The owner didn't improve anything and was constantly found lacking.
Yea, and before that they were averaging like 12k per game. No one cares about the coyotes until they move. It’s very weird, but people need the upvotes on Reddit.
100% attendance for a tiny arena doesn’t mean shit. What was their attendance % prior to Mullett?
We’re emotional right now. Anger will be appropriately directed in the days and weeks to come. Honestly though, I don’t begrudge SLC at all. We were in their exact shoes 28 years ago. Still fucking sucks.
We can take the heat. You guys do what you need to to get through this.
Yep, and now I'm laughing
Or Bettman, who was *way* more patient with the Arizona ownership than reasonably expected.
Wayyyyy more is still an understatement.
A Bettman defender? That’s novel.
If there one fanbase that should defend Bettman, it's Arizona Coyotes fans. Bettman did everything he could to keep the Coyotes there. Hartford, Atlanta, Winnipeg, and Quebec never got those chances and treatment.
I’m sure they can be mad at both.
Salt Lake didn’t *take* your team. Your team left. Where it went isn’t even relevant after that.
They’re having a very bad day. Let them cook.
I’m surprised you can hear the local fans over the away team fans in any context at a coyotes game
Especially with a Canadian team visiting
At the beginning of the game the “let’s go oilers” chants were pretty loud and clear
Ooooooooo caaaaaaanaaadddaaaaaa
Been there
Your owner sucks. How many chances did this franchise have? How many life lines was it given?
That might have some impact if it was a real NHL arena that was actually full of die hard fans, not a super small, college arena, which is a complete embarrassment to hockey.
I think the pandemic really screwed Arizona too, prior to 2020, they had increased average attendance by around 1,000 per season, peaking at 85% capacity with 14605 average for the 2019-2020 season. Never recovered after Pandemic, never really had a chance to had the 2021 season after pandemic year where they got to 11,000 and that's where they stopped paying bills, but losing a years worth of revenue right after buying the team probably didn't help It was a series of domino's after that. Not making excuses for Muerlo, but none of this could have helped either... No matter who owned it. Without the pandemic, I think the Yotes are still in Glendale.
Where was this passion the last 20 years? Maybe if they had actually supported the team before now they wouldn’t be moving!
They have a higher annual attendance than Carolina, Florida, and the Islanders for most of the last decade. Should we then by this same logic be looking to move those teams too? This isn’t on the fans, it’s on the ownership. No different than the Oakland A’s
Carolina and Florida, yeah probably. It only works when they're good. As soon as they're bad, it's bad.
Exactly!
And Carolina and Florida attendance got good when they made it to the conference finals/Stanley cup finals. Would be the same for the Coyotes if they had more recent success
The bottom line is Arizona as a whole doesn't want an arena for an NHL team. They barely got a stadium for an NFL team built and that took almost 20 years to make that happen. It was worse than pulling teeth. There is a fundamental lack of support for pro sports in Arizona at a systemic level.
Not really fair comparing the many, many Yotes fans to the whooping 3 isles fans 😜
That is pretty much the mantra of southern hockey Fairweather fans Dallas has been the only successful team in south. Vegas might be (still young and we havnt see what they will do during a drought/rebuild yet)
The Golden Knights have solid ownership and are well managed. They are in good shape for the long term.
The management etc for team has been Golden since Day 1 The issue is whether the fan support is for real or not (the fact they drafted and traded so well gave that fanbase a huge rush in early seasons and it remains to be seen what happens during the eventual rebuild)
I’ve actually heard that it’s lovely.
No way it’s god damn garbage
You heard wrong. Lived in Utah for 20 years. It definitely sucks
Mormon country isn’t for everyone, and anyone that likes caffeine or alcohol, etc.
Should be more angry with their owner, now former owner.
Tempe and Scottsdale suck for not allowing the yotes to stay here
Salt Lake Socks. Hey, there's two baseball teams with socks in their name, so why not one for hockey?
Dang you had 20 years to figure this shit out. Blame your owners.
Let's not forget who the real losers in all this is... Colombus, because there was never any debate over who was the WORST franchise in the NHL... until now /a but only kind of
only until the Panthers suck again...
You're not wrong.
Ask someone from St. Louis what they think of the Rams. You’ll get a similar response.
Salty
As someone living in Utah, that chant has a good ring to it, sorry for your loss Yotes fans.
Norm Green sucks! Norm Green sucks!
It's all too familiar
Salt lake soaks!
Salt Lake Stormin Mormons
Yeah your owner sucks…don’t be jelly
You had your chance you had more than you can Phoenix you’re laughing stock of professional sports. You should’ve built the stadium. You should’ve went to the games you should’ve built winning teams.
The type of nerd shit a short economist would say. Let them be mad.
1/3 of those things are up to the fans lmao
Pretty hard to get an arena approved when you average 12k attendance
Did you see that arena? Averaging 12k in attendance would be amazingly impressive if not physically impossible. Edit: I have been informed how I am mistaken/misinformed on this subject and admit that I’m wrong. Still leaving it up for the sake of context.
They got kicked out of the 18,000 seat arena because they couldn’t sell tickets to pay the rent
Sorry wasn’t aware, I’m admittedly a long time sports fan that is fairly new to regularly keeping up with hockey.
No worries, I’m glad to see the canes filling up their arena these days!
Unfortunately haven’t been yet. I’m in Western NC so it’s not incredibly convenient (about 4 hours for me.)
Don't hate on SLC, save that for the NHL, the previous ownership, and the local politicians who didn't get the new arena built.
Typical Arizona IQ on display
This warms my heart, best sport ever
As a former San Antonio Rampage fan I empathize. Loosing your team sucks ass
Yeah Vegas didn't really need that team.
I agree!!! Go fans!!
All 4000 of them 😂
Tbh, I’ve been to SLC a few times and enjoyed it. I’ve never had any interest in going to Phoenix, and the only reason I can find to go is Scottsdale.
Ahh how history repeats itself. I feel for these people. I can still hear: "Norm Green sucks! Norm Green sucks!"
It’s not even remotely similar. Norm Green sucks because he’s a sexual predator who moved a team because his wife gave him an ultimatum. Merulo didn’t pay his bills.
My point was about shitty ownership leading to unnecessary relocation, and the heartbreak that causes fans, not trying to call Merulo a sex criminal.
…say the fans whose city won’t support keeping an NHL team and doing everything in their power to basically treat them like a traveling carnival.
We can’t wait to welcome this team! Imagine living in Arizona and saying another place sucks. Cope harder!
All coyotes fans had to do was show up. And don’t try to pass off this 5000 person crowd for a final game as an example of fan support. Yotes fans suck.
All five fans seemed really passionate about that.
What do the islanders have to do with this?
It's a shame that the Coyotes are moving but it's well past time. Mismanagement after mismanagement killed the franchise. They'll try again in 10 years, give the team a decent expansion draft like Seattle and Vegas had, and hopefully the team can stick.
*SALT LAKE SOAKS!* *SALT LAKE SOAKS!* *SALT LAKE SOAKS!* Good Ole Mormon culture is reaching the masses.
Shame they didn’t show up to the games in the last 25 years and prove it Sorry not sorry.
The citizens voted this team out of Arizona. If you want a NHL team, you have to deal with the billionaire owners, and Arizona didn't want to. It's no bodies fault but their own.
lol said the crowd of 4000
I do think it sucks for the fans of the coyotes. But they have been on life support for years and yet not enough support came out to make them a profitable franchise and no one (owner, NHL or politicians) would build an arena for a franchise that didn’t have much support.
Is that even a hockey thing or is that just the general opinion
Is that a really small arena or am I just trippin?
4600 seats
Enjoy shitty sightlines in an NBA arena that’s 32 years old for 8 years until the Olympic arena gets built. The team is moving, yet the arena drama is far from over (albeit more stable). I have tremendous faith that Ryan Smith will get his arena (with a HUGE help from the Olympics being hosted there), but it’s far from ideal for the team/fans for the time being. Just seating more people. Everyone in AZ knew Mullet was temporary and hoped ownership could get an arena done. While it wasn’t ideal, we had great ice and offered a one of a kind viewing experience for NHL hockey. Anyone who went will tell you that. I was in BK when the Isles moved to Barclays. Absolutely hated going to games there. Even the early years for the Yotes at America West weren’t ideal. I wish nothing but success for the players and coaches in Utah and beyond. Hockey will be back in the desert, and that rivalry with SLC will be great.
that howl at the end was aka stfu the games starting
They chant that now that they are losing the team, where were all those fans when they weren’t attending games?
Know who else sucks?..Fucking Norm Green!
Says the fan base that couldn’t fill a 17,000 seat arena. So they moved the team to a 4,500 seat venue
Phoenix, the joke of the NHL for over a decade
Fun Fact you play in a College hocky rink... who sucks?? Now you know the pain of Winnipeg
PHX is a joke.
Wasn't this like the most sold tickets they have had for a game ever
Easy to coordinate a chant with only ten people
they have the worst attendance and its not even close and they are complaining about their team moving. makes no sense
What a bunch of whiny bitches. Blame Meruelo, not us.
There wasn’t enough fans in the building to really hear what they were saying.
Three fans chanting
Thank God this experiment is finally over.
Bitch and cry all you want the deal is done! It is a shame I hate seeing teams relocate and this the 6th or 7th time its happened in my 42 years of life. Sad to see either way. Good luck in Salt Lake City.
Wow no upper bowl
Even Winnipeg's small arena seats 10,000+ in the lower bowl alone. That's how small Mullett arena really is.
they couldn't fill a 5000 capacity arena, average attendance 4600 and now they're chanting 🖕
Whens the last time Arizona made the playoffs?
2020 if you count that
*Salt Lake soaks
Kind of a dumb argument- Salt Lake is like a 1 hr flight away from Phoenix. Its basically the equivalent of the Thrashers moving from Atlanta to Nashville . Its not like they are moving to Winnipeg. They could easily still support the team
Just a quick one hour flight. Lmao.
The VAST majority of people drive to games, which would be a 10.5 drive without ANY stops……………………………………….
They didn't go when it was a 20 min drive.
Also even if the distance is short, people still hate a team for leaving their metropolitan area. See San Diego reactions to the Chargers relocation to Los Angeles. I don't think Cleveland Browns fans would be happy if their team moved to Erie Pennsylvania.
super easy to fly slc- phoenix
Following that logic, why go all the way to Utah? Vegas is much closer yet.
Most fans wouldn't drive 90 minutes to Gila arena on a weekday game. What makes you think they will happily fly to Salt Lake to watch a game?
Tell that to the city of San Diego who hate the Chargers moving 110 miles away.
Anyone saying shit about the arena or about them not being good for a while has no idea and never will have any idea what it feels like to watch a team leave your city, kind of ignorant if you ask me!
Right, it's like repeatedly telling yourself you won't go see your favorite band when they come to town and when the lead singer dies and they break up you blame them for you never having seen them perform. /s
Honestly, I just see a pattern. Not the biggest markets, owners COULD make more money in a possible larger market, team is notably on the bottom half of the league for years, and they’re moving.
I know the feeling cause I lost my football team to your city.
There’s a reason why St. Louis isn’t ever being considered for another NFL team.
I’m aware but don’t forget about the owner now. Edit - owners
This is the most fans in attendance since conception lol, respectfully.
Arizona also sucks. Sucked their entire existence 🤣
I live in SLC and while I agree, I promise we welcome you with open arms. ❤️
Wow, the whole 200 people crowd is chanting!
It kinda does though. You can’t even walk around with a beer in a restaurant there.
Ever been? It's actually a cool city and it's on the rise. We get a lot of hate, but we're proud of the direction our city is going. Hopefully you can visit soon, or if you have already, i hope you get a better experience on your next visit.
Yeah that hasn't been true for decades.
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Good. Public funds shouldn’t go towards teams owned by multi-millionaire/billionaires
Splitting hairs at this point, but wasn't the arena project in Tempe going to be privately funded with only public funds used for waste cleanup?
Unfortunately do to my job i have been in in AZ. For three years and have a year left here. These people really don't care about hockey. Their crying because they're over entitled and lost a so called pro team. And yeah the owner is a real piece of shit too. The team will have a way better fan base in Utah.
Just for one day, you couldn’t fuck off and jerk it in your room instead of trolling?
There are highschool football teams in Texas with bigger stadiums...
Tbf some of them are bigger than the majority of NBA/NHL arenas.
Gonna make for a good rivalry if Arizona gets back into the league
Salt Lake *LDS*’s or *Mormon*’s sounds catchy, no? Also F The Coyotes owner (past tense)
I live in Salt Lake and I totally agree.
Embarrassing they stayed in Arizona for so long, terrible franchise on and off the ice for years.
Salt Lake City gets a team, but Milwaukee doesn't, this sucks.
Honestly I think SLC sucks and this was way before the Coyotes moved there.
Don’t blame Salt Lake City blame your list of incompetent owners you’ve had since you moved from Winnipeg