Well. I will speak for my self, though many may follow.
This was likely already in the works when Walsh spoke out. The league was also going to support AZ ownership publicly until a deal was done for legal reasons. That is just how things work.
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Neat! The fact that you googled it is great. Mullett (never been) and I wish I coulda, is now off my 4 remaining nhl rinks to visit.
You think the threads are ending just because the Coyotes are going dormant?
Maybe a team that is doing well should not be moved? Like... Just pause and think. Team good. Crowd good.
ANY transfer of territory has to be approved through the AHL, as it is with any existing member club since it's the League that is in essence leasing the team to any ownership group, whether private or corporate as the way the League operates.... same as what you saw in the E, when the League terminated Newfoundland due to the financial collapse of Deacon Sports.... all AM would have to do is propose a transfer of territory from Tucson to Tempe/ASU.... I doubt there will be much opposition and as long as the AHL recognizes SEG should the affiliation continue between the two despite the difference shortly of not having both the Coyotes/RR's UNDER THE Same ownership.... unless the decision is made to split the existing PDC between the two franchises or member clubs as they're defined legally.... I can't see the AHL not agreeing if the PDC is still in effect as Arizona has had their affiliate outside of Tucson prior to buying the RR's IN 2014 (which they had a 2 yr option that was exercised in 2014) as it had been private ownership.
As someone who's been here (lurking at first) since before the "Make it Seven" relocation to Hamilton gambit... I can confirm that it was for sure a wild journey.
Tim Leiweke is already in the process of building a 20,000 seat arena/hotel/casino on the southside of the Strip. Spent like $3 billion on the land already and the entire project is going to be $10 billion. Says he won't need a single tax dollar. Meruelo doesn't stand a chance, even with a billion in cash on hand.
I don’t see Meruelo expanding in Vegas.
Good points.
Possibly, but would there have been the urgency to push for relocation if Marty doesn't say what he said? I highly doubt it. NHL/Bettman often maintain the status quo until a situation becomes untenable, and PR-wise, Bettman was committed to making Arizona work to the bitter end. Additionally, from Utah's POV, you'd want them to have an expansion given that 1) the expansion fee is more valuable than relocation fee, 2) the amount of talent right now lends itself to Utah being a more successful franchise from the get-go as we've seen with Seattle and Vegas.
The fees inflation from early 2010s to now has been something to behold (and even more so if you wanna bring up the last major expansion back in the late 90s early 00s). I never would've expected that expansion would cost $1 billion. 170mil is a lot of money by 2010 standards, but 1bil seems prohibitively expensive, and talks of potentially a 2bil buy-in????
I wouldn’t judge them o harsh…. There’s stuff coming from them soon.
Leah Merrall loses it...on the latest PHNX Sports YouTube posting...
Sadly ASG unloaded the Hawks at a definite profit, at least over what they paid (I guess it's always possible they lost $55 mil annually in between...who knows with that bunch). While I was happy to have them out of the Atlanta ownership picture, it p.o.'ed me how much they made off with in that deal.
I have a feeling the real stories behind this franchise's history will take years and years to unspool...
