CXLV - Tempe Entertainment District citizen referendum vote upcoming May 16th

[MMC]

 

[bleedblue94]

But where will Matthews play now???

Honestly, the experiment has been given more opportunities to succeed in Arizona than any other struggling franchise. Time to move it. Can't move them back to Winnipeg so send them to Quebec City or Hamilton.

Glendale manager is drinking some top shelf shit tonight.

 

[GKJ]

That’s a pretty stark statement.

 

[1CasualFan]

Ballot returns are just amazing sometimes...

No	16,193	15,681	15,981
Yes	12,738	12,208	12,004
TOTAL VOTES	28,931	27,889	27,985

Some people voted on 301, then omitted 302 and 303. Some people appear to have changed their mind mid-ballot or maybe just decided to make a fun pattern with it? I would probably just vote the same for all three measures, but I can respect the folks that want to chart their own course on this kind of thing.

 

[Final Baton]

No mention of "we're commited to Arizona" by neither Gutierrez nor Bettman...

This is not looking good for the future of the team in Arizona...

 

[Llama19]

 

[Cypher]

Just move this poverty franchise already.

 

[Fatass]

Just move this poverty franchise already.

The club still has two more years they could play in the University rink.

 

[MNNumbers]

I hate to ask this question. But, given the lack of committment to Arizona, if there is a relocation....

Quebec City or Houston

 

[tarheelhockey]

No mention of "we're commited to Arizona" by neither Gutierrez nor Bettman...

This is not looking good for the future of the team in Arizona...

That press release was Bettman-speak for looking at relocation options. He never comes right out and shows his hand, but you know what he’s saying by what he doesn’t say.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

So am I wrong in what I read previously that the arena was going to be funded privately and the land the new arena was supposed to be on is so contaminated that it was going to cost $200m to clean? And the contamination is posing risk to water supplies?

Or was that all fake news?

 

[Final Baton]

That press release was Bettman-speak for looking at relocation options. He never comes right out and shows his hand, but you know what he’s saying by what he doesn’t say.

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

I hate to ask this question. But, given the lack of committment to Arizona, if there is a relocation....

Quebec City or Houston

Houston. Makes more sense for Divisional balance.

 

[TheLegend]

I hate to ask this question. But, given the lack of committment to Arizona, if there is a relocation....

Quebec City or Houston

Of the two, QC the most likely.

Craig Morgan mentioned a short time ago Tillman Fertitta isn’t showing any interest in the NHL anymore.

 

[MNNumbers]

Of the two, QC the most likely.

Craig Morgan mentioned a short time ago Tillman Fertitta isn’t showing any interest in the NHL anymore.

Would you consider Bettman's foray into SLC to mean anything?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

This is so sad.

 

[DopeyFish]

That press release was Bettman-speak for looking at relocation options. He never comes right out and shows his hand, but you know what he’s saying by what he doesn’t say.

for example... doesn't even say Arizona, just Coyotes.

 

[bleedblue94]

The club still has two more years they could play in the University rink.

Have to imagine the PA will push back on that at this point. There was enough noise about it this season with a potential solution coming, but now how can they justify it any longer. I don't want the yotes to move but this is trending that to way. Bettmans line is you move a franchise when no one wants to own it there anymore so really this will be muerelo deciding what to do. Would be hilarious if they went back to Glendale and offered to buy the arena and all surrounding lands to develop it. It won't happen, but can you imagine

 

[Fatass]

Of the two, QC the most likely.

Craig Morgan mentioned a short time ago Tillman Fertitta isn’t showing any interest in the NHL anymore.

Is there any chance the club goes back to where they played before? Was it Glendale?

 

[TheLegend]

Would you consider Bettman's foray into SLC to mean anything?

Possible. But Morgan said he texted Bettman with the results and Bettman seemed surprised.

I’m not sure they expected this result. The team or Bettman.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I’m still a bit confused as to what exactly was disliked about this. Wasn’t almost everything supposed to be privately funded? Did people just think that was too good to be true?

People must be emotionally attached to that toxic landfill

No one wants property because of cleanup costs so the only explanation is people of Tempe must have a landfill fetish

 

[DopeyFish]

Is there any chance the club goes back to where they played before? Was it Glendale?

lmao

Glendale kicked them out

 

[GKJ]

Reading this account, didn’t realize how fiercely they attacked ‘the Coyotes.’

 

[TheLegend]

Is there any chance the club goes back to where they played before? Was it Glendale?

No… that bridge was nuked.

 

[Llama19]

Is there any chance the club goes back to where they played before? Was it Glendale?

Nope...