Arizona Coyotes Relocation to Salt Lake City? Latest After Tempe Vote Failed
City of Tempe Residents have overwhelmingly voted NO against the proposed Tempe arena and entertainment district put forth by the Arizona Coyotes.
Is NHL Relocation the next Step?
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24 Comments
let me know your thoughts on the situation in Arizona, where do they end up?
Polls mean nothing when Union money is involved lol legalized corruption
Houston is often being mentioned because of its market size, but ownership has been very quiet. According to Craig Morgan, ownership in Houston weren't overly enthusiastic like Québec. If Pierre K Péladeau would want an NHL franchise in Houston, the Coyotes would've have relocated. I think Québec & Milwaukee are most rabbid hockey fans without an NHL team, but Bettman isn't enthusiastic about small markets.
I think if they do sell it would sooner than later and they would move them asap to get more revenue.
As I saw this is the Coyotes were willing to pay $1.9B of the $2.1B for the Tempe deal. So this deal was nixed for $200M of public money!
Not sure what the reasons were for the rejection by Tempe voters.
There is a failed business model in Glendale that proves location, location, location is a lot in the success or failure of this second.
Hamilton Ontario which already has a rink and now the population has grown over the last 10 years would be a great destination but I am sure the Sabers and Leafs organizations won’t let that happen!!!!!
What local fans? And they need a team in the west
Salt Lake makes most sense after thinking about it,they are building new arena,don't have a NFL team,stay in central. Kansas also makes sense I don't see Quebec since in east and Houston will be an expansion team.
It's too bad because the Montreal Laval district could support another team "the Maroons",and they could share the same building.. Quebec city absolutely could support another team.
100% coming to Utah 🍾🎊🎉🥳🙌
Quebec City, Hartford, Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Atlanta all know what this is like. The NHL didn't take ownership of those teams and jump through all these ridiculous hoops for those teams.
Long post:
As a Georgia native and a huge Thrashers fan growing up, I can completely understand the pain and what that feels like for all the hockey fans that love and support the Coyotes along with the Coyotes management. I am very shocked the vote didn't go through and really hate that for Coyotes Fans and for the Franchise owners as a whole! I really did think that the vote would pass, and they would play in Tempe, the proposal they had for Tempe is a sweet setup!
I will say this, but Arizona does end up relocating, I would love if Arizona does relocate to Atlanta BUT realistically, I can see them relocating to another city out west like Houston as the top choice or another city like Salt Lake City, Portland, Kansas City to keep the divisions and conferences even!
BUT if Arizona decides sells the team and is open to offers, I think that multiple cities will places bids/offers for the team and they will take the highest bid/offer and if Atlanta has the highest offer compared to the other cities that places bids/offers, then Arizona should sell the team to Atlanta! Or whoever wants to buy the team with the highest offer will get the team even if that means Houston, Portland, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, you name it
If they go that route, I think that will really determine what city really does wants an NHL team!
Reasons how the NHL coming back to Atlanta can work
1) they have expressed strong interest in wanting another team via expansion/NEED to have GREAT Management! (It appears they have it now)
2) they have proposed a new entertainment center that includes an NHL arena in the suburbs of Atlanta (something the Flames and Thrashers never did and this is a very wise move to do; the Atlanta Braves moved to the suburbs of Atlanta recently and have succeeded very well there so if there is success with another professional sports in Atlanta with this approach, the same can happen if Atlanta gets another NHL team!)
3) they already have 2 hockey size arenas in place (State Farm Arena where the Hawks play at and Gas South Arena where the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators play at) to potentially play in temporarily while their new arena gets built! and, even though it doesn't mean anything, is that the Atlanta Gladiators current NHL Affiliate is the Arizona Coyotes…
(I think playing in the Gas South Arena temporarily is more reasonable knowing the Thrashers history with sharing the Phillips/State Farm Arena with the Hawks and how Anson Carter, a former NHL player and now NHL Analyst, is a co-owner of the Atlanta Gladiators Franchise so I think he will definitely accommodate a potential NHL team to play in the same building as the Gladiators until the new Arena gets build in Cumming/Alpharetta area which is within roughly a 30 minute proximity of Gas South Arena)
Why are you worried about the tiny fan base of the Arizona Coyotes? If this team really had a fan base, they wouldn't be continually displaced. Move them somewhere, any where. I would like to se them move to Quebec, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
I'm from Salt Lake, so I'm obviously hoping they move to Utah. Unfortunately, Vivint Arena (soon to be renamed the Delta Center) where the Jazz play has absolutely horrible sight lines for hockey. It could work as a temporary home for a couple of years while a possible new hockey specific arena is built (similar to what the Islanders did when they played in Barclay's Center), but it wouldn't realistically work as a long term solution. It supposedly seats 14,000 for hockey, but it's probably more like 12,000 when you consider all the seats that would have obstructed views.
I think a better solution would be to have them play in Maverik Center (an ECHL arena in West Valley City, Utah, only about 15 minutes outside of Salt Lake City) while a new arena is constructed. It only seats 10,100 for hockey, but that's still over double of what Mullet Arena seats. It's an arena built for hockey though, it was originally built to host hockey events for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
Please move to Salt Lake City ❤
SLC>Houston
The campaigning is irrelevant to the realities of the money in the plans.
One year in and the cost overruns start happening, and its too late to bail out now, so…..its a trap.
can we stop acting as if someone just shuttered the fire department and sold off the school system?
This is merely entertainment.
And as sports go , NHL hockey is Triple A level compared to the big leagues, NFL,NBA and MLB…..its the B leagues…..
at 12:27…PHX isnt losing a pro sports team.
Amateur sports dont make money and the Coyotes are losing money with both fists.
Why are they called a pro team if they DONT make a profit?
Private financing is a lie.
Watch how long before the 'unanticipated cost overruns' and so on that are baked into the cake long ago suddenly surface….and its too late to stop then right?
very sad ending to the coyotes in arizona but not surprised
The Coyotes should relocate to Salt Lake City, Utah and play their 81 home games at Vivint Arena where it would hold up to 14,000 seats for a current relocated NHL team the team would rename themselves the Utah Coyotes
They should go to Quebec for long term success, but they'll end up in SLC in the end. Houston is out of the question…they just want the Coyotes so that they can build a new Rockets shared stadium. SLC is fast growing, tons of money, and no NFL competition. They'll share the Delta Center with the Jazz for 2 or 3 years, but with another Winter Olympic bid to host in 2030 or 2034, a new hockey stadium will be built to NHL standards. SLC and Utah are diehard fans of their teams… they'll have plenty of support.
What about Milwaukee? Haven't heard too many people mention a Wisconsin team as a potential NHL site. One thing Milwaukee has that Phoenix doesn't is… it's cold up there.
Would love the team to be in SLc.I've been a hockey fan for forty years.