ATTN NHL Fans: Coyotes to Seattle is Plan B?

Throwdown · Jul 2, 2013

Soooo when will the Panthers be available?

Throwdown · Jul 2, 2013

Sounds like a suicide deal for either, 2028 for the Coyotes? can they even survive that? I mean after 5 years they can opted out, but that screws over the city.

Goodness!

Seahawk Sailor · Jul 2, 2013

Throwdown · Jul 2, 2013

lol I truely hope for you NHL Fanatics this happens, hell even I want to try NHL hockey out to see what it be like!

Plus having the NHL would give me a great idea on things with the NBA.

jpetty38 · Jul 2, 2013

Looks like a deal is gonna get done, with the stadium being in westgate a lot of the business are pushing hard, and the attorneys are in lobby talking.

Seahawk Sailor · Jul 2, 2013

Deal is passed, 4-3. What a train wreck that was. See you in five years, Coyotes!

TheRealDTM · Jul 2, 2013

I watched all 4 hours of that council meeting. That city is screwed. It elects people with no public speaking or apparently even basic English skills, they are mortgaging their future for projected... I'm not even sure project what they are projecting 6m + loss for 5 years, they say the payoff is in 20 year? What in the world is going on. Sad stupid little city, gives America a bad name.

pehawk · Jul 2, 2013

Well, that sucks.

Msfann · Jul 2, 2013

I don't see why anyone would ever give us a team when they can keep using us like this.

Note to professional sports teams: If you want ANYTHING just threaten to move to Seattle and the city wallets open right up! even if police and fire and teachers are being laid off.

Galen96 · Jul 3, 2013

normally I'd say I want a team in Seattle, but I want the Coyotes to stay here in Phoenix. Westgate is the best place to go on the weekends around here.

Subzero717 · Jul 3, 2013

Msfann":35jmdg81 said:
police and fire and teachers are being laid off.

That is what is sooooooo baffling. I don't want to steal anybodies team away, but I just can't understand how irresponsible these cities are to keep a failing business at their tax payers expense. If I were a resident of Sacramento or Glendale I would be livid. More so than the tax payers that paid gor Safeco.

Seahawk Sailor · Jul 3, 2013

TheRealDTM":3eokv3sx said:
I watched all 4 hours of that council meeting. That city is screwed. It elects people with no public speaking or apparently even basic English skills, they are mortgaging their future for projected... I'm not even sure project what they are projecting 6m + loss for 5 years, they say the payoff is in 20 year? What in the world is going on. Sad stupid little city, gives America a bad name.

I watched the whole thing unfold via Twitter, and some of the stuff I was seeing was completely baffling. That's exactly what I took from it - that no matter the outcome of the team, that city's public officials have worse leadership and decision-making skills than Wile E. Coyote. It was seriously like watching a train wreck happen over and over again in slow motion.

:shock:

twisted_steel2 · Jul 3, 2013

Reading an article on an Arizona news site, first two comments.

Paul Welch · Top Commenter · Phoenix, Arizona
Great news. More than four years of this mess is OVER!

Um Paul, its just postpones 5 years, that out-clause will be used.

Then the response:

Trevor Beatty · Winnipeg, Manitoba
Now we can get on with the next 5 yrs of heavy financial losses till the $50 mil out clause kicks in, Quebec has their arena completed or Seattle has their NBA situation settled and then the team can pull up stakes and re-locate. This is a stop-gap measure for the NHL to unload the team to a smoke and mirrors third party, who will "run" the team, while Glendale funds 2/3's of the losses, giving the re-location cities time to get their ducks in a row and thenl the magic $50 mil in losses appear triggering the out clause and they are gone.

JOz56 · Jul 3, 2013

I for one look forward to Sacramento and Glendale as being the prime examples as to why more cities are going to be passing their own versions of I-91. What a trainwreck that I just don't feel bad for watching. And yeah, if I was a tax payer, I would be livid for these deals.

KK84 · Jul 3, 2013

As much as I hated I-91, and as much as I cried when the sonics were stolen, looking back now it's far better than the alternative. Imagine being a citizen of Glendale watching your house burn down because the fire department can't afford gas. I bet you wouldn't be thinking about watching hockey.

JOz56 · Jul 3, 2013

KK84":2275xtq4 said:
As much as I hated I-91, and as much as I cried when the sonics were stolen, looking back now it's far better than the alternative. Imagine being a citizen of Glendale watching your house burn down because the fire department can't afford gas. I bet you wouldn't be thinking about watching hockey.

From what I've gathered and heard from people in the know, most don't think about watching hockey anyways.

KK84 · Jul 3, 2013

Great perspective from a poster on another site

SDSmith":3o7j87ve said:
I rode the Kings rollercoaster, and to a smaller degree the Coyotes rollercoaster too. What I learned is, I woke-up today in my beautiful city (born here too) and have two great deep pocket ownership groups to look forward too. The Sacto and Glendale folks are looking at tax bills, parking fees, surcharges, leveraged owners, and they awoke in Glendale and Sacto.

I’ll await the return of the green & gold, and the guys on ice. Patience. Ok, I’ll wait for the better deal. My wallet will be buying tickets, jerseys and beer—not parking surcharges …

Galen96 · Jul 3, 2013

JOz56":qt39a9dx said:
KK84":qt39a9dx said:

As much as I hated I-91, and as much as I cried when the sonics were stolen, looking back now it's far better than the alternative. Imagine being a citizen of Glendale watching your house burn down because the fire department can't afford gas. I bet you wouldn't be thinking about watching hockey.

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From what I've gathered and heard from people in the know, most don't think about watching hockey anyways.

That's strange, as most of the people I've worked with at 2 different places are hockey fans... people talk more about hockey here than the dbacks

Throwdown · Jul 11, 2013

http://www.csnnw.com/blog/dwight/trail- ... hl-coyotes

Would you guys have jumped on the wagon if this had happened?

m0ng0 · Jul 11, 2013

Everybody knew Portland was in the conversation and really were in a better situation to get the team then Seattle was, but I think Vulcan braintrust saw the writing on the wall no sense making a big push when everybody knew the yotes were going nowhere.

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