Arena plan finalized before Bettman, the league or any future commish will allow an NHL return to the valley. I still think it's a Suns arena multi purpose in 10 years.
All-Purpose "Days of Our Meruelo" Talk
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I've got some sweet coastal property in Kansas I'll sell you and I'll throw in a bridge for free if you believe any of that nonsense Craig is pushing.
Craig ain't pushing this.
The is the county government pushing it. Ya know.... the one feuding with the Diamondbacks.
Is this a plan B for turning the site Chase exists on to push the Dbacks out? and combine forces with the Suns on a shared NBA/NHL arena at the site of Chase?
Only the shadow knows
I've said before, i love the Dbacks but i'd gladly trade MLB for NHL lol
Only the shadow knows
I've said before, i love the Dbacks but i'd gladly trade MLB for NHL lol
Wasn't lost on me!^^^^
.... and now you know why I'm so optimistic about this.
Craig Morgan went on this podcast and served up a few more details (starting around the 16:00 mark)
Biggest nugget of it is Tom Galvin had offered to help Meruelo if he had gone the county island route and got turned down. A couple of other small things in here but also lot of kicking old cans..
Biggest nugget of it is Tom Galvin had offered to help Meruelo if he had gone the county island route and got turned down. A couple of other small things in here but also lot of kicking old cans..
Tom Galvin on Brahm Resnick’s weekend show. Gives another summary as to what he wants to do and reiterates this is going to take a while (5 years).
Well...I like what he said. At the very least he gets the obvious, you need an owner and an arena or don't bother. The good news is the NHL is a very willing dance partner if he can do that. It's not Quebec City or KC, if Phoenix can get an arena built, the NHL is absolutely coming back.
If he can actually find an owner, I think he stands a good chance of getting the rest done. Unfortunately that also happens to be the hardest part!
Anyone see the old Jobing/Gila arena lately? They’re painting the exterior White and Gray?? Looks so bizarre. End of an era for sure
Should smear pig shit on it instead and make the Glendale taxpayers pay to clean it
So many bad decisions and squandered potential. Vegas should be desert success 2.0 not 1.0.
Typical New Times reporting…. Lots of adjective, little in facts.
Thing was written like a junior high school gossip column.
That said…. I will presume Meruelo has been trying to get the security deposit back since the team was sold and the AZBOR is claiming it’s nonrefundable.
Which….. IIRC was just that.
Honestly this just isn’t even worth it. It’ll probably cost him that much in lawyer fees alone.
Hopefully he does spend that much in legal fees...and then loses. I sure as shit would love that.
...so he's doing it out of pure spite, then? That tracks.
Seems to be the MO here....
I still get the feeling this is an Alex Jr. production.
I does have that lack of strategic vision and zero intuition feel about it so certainly possible..
