Confirmed with Link: All-Purpose Coyotes Arena Talk: [Update] Land Auction Cancelled, Meruelo waiving ownership rights.

[lanky]

Sorry to you desert hockey fans that are having to face another hurdle.

 

[Jakey53]

How did our ownership just keep getting worse. Truly incredible. f*** Maruelo.

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How did our ownership just keep getting worse. Truly incredible. f*** Maruelo.

How is this AM fault? Couldn't this have been addressed months ago?

 

[Jakey53]

Katie Hobbs, Kate Gallego. Enough said. Good job Arizona. Stupidity at it's finest on display.

 

[Snarky Coyote]

Regardless of why, if you are the owner, the buck stops with you. Yes, this feels like other powers are trying to kill the auction. AM better figure out how to maneuver through if he is still trying; also, actually, talking to people helps. Also, it may be time to make a large donation to Katie Hobbs's inauguration fund.

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

Thought the rock bottom of embarrassing humiliation was losing the team, I don’t know how it’s even possible for it to sink even lower

 

[TheLegend]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1804244231080358313

My wildest guess is it ties in with the zoning issue.

The land isn’t zoned for an arena, so COP wants a permit now.

 

[TheLegend]

Katie Hobbs, Kate Gallego. Enough said. Good job Arizona. Stupidity at it's finest on display.

This isn’t on them Jakey.

 

[Edenjung]

I am completely numb at this point.
Only thing i care about is that the utah project crashes and burns down to the ground.

AM needs the zoning issue resolved asap. But i expect that to not happen and if it would, it would take forever. So its over.

 

[Jakey53]

This isn’t on them Jakey.

Who's the mayor of COP? The buck stops with her. Why wasn't this asked for months ago?

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

I want an announcement that meruelo has ceded all ownership of the brand and is walking away TODAY. He is the most irresponsible, reckless, incompetent, vapid, vacuous owner in the history of North American professional sports.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Yeah, I don't think anybody's exaggerating about Meruelo.

 

[TheLegend]

Who's the mayor of COP? The buck stops with her. Why wasn't this asked for months ago?

She has staff and departments that handle this.

 

[Jakey53]

I am completely numb at this point.
Only thing i care about is that the utah project crashes and burns down to the ground.

AM needs the zoning issue resolved asap. But i expect that to not happen and if it would, it would take forever. So its over.

Numb is putting it lightly. Like I said before, it's almost impossible to do business in AZ and /or get anything done because of our political climate right now.

 

[TheLegend]

Full release from the land trust…

 

[Jakey53]

I want an announcement that meruelo has ceded all ownership of the brand and is walking away TODAY. He is the most irresponsible, reckless, incompetent, vapid, vacuous owner in the history of North American professional sports.

How in hell can you point fingers at AM for any of this?

 

[Edenjung]

Numb is putting it lightly. Like I said before, it's almost impossible to do business in AZ and /or get anything done because of our political climate right now.

Its eigther Nimbys, conservatives or bureaucrats.
Or all of the above,


Why don't they ask for that 5 months ago? Why just now?
How long does it take to get a permit? 5 months?
And how long does that delay an auction? 6months+?
Does he need to get reevaluation for the land?

 

[Jakey53]

Full release from the land trust…

Couldn't this one "little" detail have been included in the packet?

Full release from the land trust…

Trying to point fingers. Absolutely mind blowing.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

There is one small bright spot in this latest hilariously stupid gaffe - the fact that the Land Trust wants Meruelo to apply for a permit to actually build an arena and not just commercial development on the land.

Maybe a question we should be asking is why Meruelo didn't apply for that permit in the initial filing...

 

[Edenjung]

@The Feckless Puck
Good point

 

[Coyotedroppings]

My wildest guess is it ties in with the zoning issue.

The land isn’t zoned for an arena, so COP wants a permit now.

That was my initial thought as well. Saving AM from himself? Or, saving the state from AM?

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Wow, picked a good time to check this thread again after 2 days...

I know it's chump change, but why pay for a permit if you don't win the land auction?

 

[Coyotedroppings]

Who's the mayor of COP? The buck stops with her. Why wasn't this asked for months ago?

Because AM is an asshat!

 

[Jakey53]

There is one small bright spot in this latest hilariously stupid gaffe - the fact that the Land Trust wants Meruelo to apply for a permit to actually build an arena and not just commercial development on the land.

Maybe a question we should be asking is why Meruelo didn't apply for that permit in the initial filing...

I have never heard of applying for a permit on land you don't own. This should have all be stipulated in the auction packet if that was what they wanted. Sounds like AM was the only applicant. State probably thought there would be a bidding war. Why should anyone be surprised, really.

 

[Arizonatah Coyetis]

Maybe a question we should be asking is why Meruelo didn't apply for that permit in the initial filing...

According to Craig Morgan, Meruelo was told weeks ago by the City of Phoenix that he literally had to win the auction before he could submit a "Zoning Interpretation Request" to see if they'd allow him to build the arena. And that they wouldn't guarantee approval if it was needed. Which is asinine.

Unless I'm misunderstanding all this, it seems to me that the City of Phoenix is responsible for this turn of events because it's different than what they said was required previously. Meruelo may have been misled.

 

[Jakey53]

Wow, picked a good time to check this thread again after 2 days...

I know it's chump change, but why pay for a permit if you don't win the land auction?

Exactly.