The cite of Tempe, Arizona REJECTED the proposal to help build an arena to house the Arizona Coyotes. This is a big blow and makes people wonder what is the future of the Coyotes. Might be time to consider other locations that could support the franchise. What are your thoughts? Let me know down below!
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Enough!! The state of Arizona and the Phoenix area have been shown far more patience than they've warranted. They've been given EVERY opportunity to find a way to make this work and they blew the best chance they could've ever asked for.
Enough of this nonsense! The NHL are being made to look like morons every time they try to push water uphill with a spoon. Just move them already and be done with it.
Houston aeros!
I hope they don’t go to Houston, but one thing- Houston has about 5 million+. The metro area is what really counts. Hope the team goes to Milwaukee or Salt Lake, personally. Houston has a ton of people but very few watch or play hockey.
I'm not only Surprised at this, but that They Also Voted To Succeed From The Union After That Vote. LOL
Bring back the Aeros
Move them to Houston
Move them to Kansas City.
Feel bad for the fans and young hickey kids out there. That said….. STRAIGHT TO QUEBEC CITY AND REBIRTH OF THE GREATEST NHL RIVALRY QUEBEC VS MONTREAL
id like to see them in northern utah, houston, kansas city, or portland. i think utah would be a great spot too, its got a ton of hockey fans, not a ton of pro teams, the owner of the jazz is really commited to bringing the nhl to utah. would be a cool rivalry for salt lake/utah and denver, vegas
Coyotes has been a joke for many years
I'd like to see them go to salt lake imo.
Utah is a better fit. Houston’s population is overstated due to their crazy zoning laws (they include all their sprawling suburbs in the count) and they are culturally very different than the typical hockey fans. It would be a long road to build a following there
I blame the Unions, they did smear campaigns wanting to make sure Unions got the construction jobs, now nobody's going to get it. Another big win by Unions really looking out for the workers (being sarcastic)
Really sucks, because it could have been a great team and had great uniforms. Coyotes fans are great and it sucks they get treated like trash.
Though I'd like to see them move to Charlotte if they're moving. Would love a Charlotte v Raleigh rivalry. Western Carolina is more culturally different from Eastern Carolina than North is to South. Plus the Hurricanes are just not known about in the Charlotte metro (which is a huge market) due to blackout zones. When I talk Hockey here, I find more people who know about the Checkers and how the AHL works, even the SPHL (which is based in the Charlotte metro) than I find people who know the NHL and that there is a team in North Carolina. The Hurricanes are a Triad team and they've built it into their culture with the red and white uniforms and their symbolism of the triad in logos, even playing in a University stadium for one of the college teams in the Triad. They call Carolina a small market team when the Carolinas have a combined population 4 times the size of Alberta's population, which has 2 teams, and Carolina has ravenous sports fans. You put a sport in the Charlotte area and it succeeds, win or lose. Hornets are proof, Panthers are proof, Checkers are proof, Knights are proof, NASCAR is proof, and Charlotte FC (the new Soccar club that fills a 70k seat arena regularly) are proof.
Canada we could use another team Quebec City comes to mind Hamilton , Saskatchewan
Honorable mentions are Portland Oregon and Salt Lake City Utah as those would be cause for realignment for the divisions which the NHL doesnt want to do plus I think the work out best as expansion franchises not relocations. My top three picks would be Houston Texas as thats where I think they'll be going, Kansas City Missouri as they almost got the Penguins back in the 2000's and my personal favorite landing spot Milwaukee Wisconsin as there are millions of hockey fans in Wisconsin and its right in the middle of Minnesota and Chicago plus they would have a rival in the eastern conference due to Detroit not being that far away either.
Quebec City
Call me crazy, but I would love to see an 8th Canadian team in Regina or Quebec City. Only issues are there aren't really any big Canadian cities besides those two to have a chance at outbidding American cities and which don't already have an NHL team.
Salt Lake City or Kansas City would be sweet. It’s probably gonna be Houston
Since I live relatively close to KC, I want them to move there. It won’t happen, but it would be nice
I’ve unfortunately been to Houston it’s not a nice city I’d feel bad for the players if they get stuck there , hopefully something gets done to keep them in Arizona
It ought to be Qu'ebec for the relocation and Houston for the sweet, sweet expansion money, but will the NHL want to expand to over 32 teams? Maybe give Atalanta another go, so they can relocate a third time to a Canadian market? Relocate to Stockholm and start an NHL Europe division? Mexico City and add to the Atlantic division so it's even more spread out geographically?
So many options!
Houston… Houston… Houston… America's 4th largest city, home to several Fortune 500 companies (because it's about the money/sponsorship) and with the Toyota Center ready for the 2024 – 2025 NHL season… Houston is ready to welcome the Coyotes HOME.
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Don't buy into the RHETORIC that Houston won't support hockey… There ws a time is which it was believe that hockey would not make it down South… WRONG! Listen, Houston has grown by not only native Houstonians but, by outsiders who have relocated to Houston as well. Although WE, Houston natives WILL support OUR HOUSTON AEROS and defend Toyota Center… other "outsiders" who have moved here will also go watch "their" Bruins, Red Wings, Rangers, Flyers, Penguins… to name a few… REGARDLESS…. IT TRANSLATES TO SEATS/TICKETS BEING SOLD… WHICH IS…. M O N E Y… MONEY BEING MADE FOR THE OWNER, No matter if it is Bruins fans money, Flyers fans money, etc… IT'S MONEY. Not to mention the immediate natural rivalry the NHL has to offer in the Houston Aeros vs Dallas Stars… THE LONE STAR STATE SHOOT-OUT.
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If the NHL wants to "GROW" itself in order to compete with the other leagues, namely the NBA…. the NHL needs America's 4th larges city with it large TV market in order to promote the sport and MAKE MONEY.
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Greater Kansas City, Greater Milwaukee and damn sure not Greater Atlanta (two time losers of a NHL team)… simply don't have what Houston Metropolitan area has to offer the NHL…. MONEY to be made through it's market size.
Fire Bettman and send the Coyotes to Tijuana.
Say goodbye to the Arizona Coyotes, please welcome the Kansas City Canyoneros!
HOUSTON!
No division or conference realigning needed AT ALL. The 4th largest city in the US with a ready arena and a natural, built in rivalry with Dallas. Just get it done already. Rockets owner, Tilman Fertitta, has discussed it regularly and happens to be worth 7 billion+
Nooooo I'm a diehard coyotes fan noooo😭😭
Arizona is the worst state for professional sports. Also, the majority of its residents especially from Phoenix don’t root for the Cardinals, Suns, Diamondbacks, and especially the Coyotes. Except if they’re doing good in the regular season.
Good. The Owners never gave a shit about success anyway.
The owner of the Jazz also wants an NHL team. Utah hosted the Winter Olympics and it was a HUGE success…so great that SLC is most likely going to host the Olympics again. An NHL a would absolutely work here 1 million percent. Houston would just be another Atlanta Thrashers fiasco.
Phoenix is 10 years away from running out of water, let alone ice. Get the F out of Tombstone and move to a town that can still pump enough H20 to flood the rink.