What's Next for the Coyotes?

"The judge said, 'I don't have the legal authority to block them from voting today, but I agree with you, Goldwater Institute, that they are violating open meetings law,'" said Rhoades. "'They are violating public records law and they are in violation of court orders to provide documents to the public and if you come back to me, after they've passed this deal, I will strike it down.'"

Hoags wrote:http://ktar.com/22/1552014/Goldwater-Institute-Glendale-missing-significant-portions-of-Coyotes-deal

"The judge said, 'I don't have the legal authority to block them from voting today, but I agree with you, Goldwater Institute, that they are violating open meetings law,'" said Rhoades. "'They are violating public records law and they are in violation of court orders to provide documents to the public and if you come back to me, after they've passed this deal, I will strike it down.'"

SeawaySensFan wrote:Any developments regarding "What's Next for the Coyotes??"

shabbs wrote:

Hoags wrote:http://ktar.com/22/1552014/Goldwater-Institute-Glendale-missing-significant-portions-of-Coyotes-deal

"The judge said, 'I don't have the legal authority to block them from voting today, but I agree with you, Goldwater Institute, that they are violating open meetings law,'" said Rhoades. "'They are violating public records law and they are in violation of court orders to provide documents to the public and if you come back to me, after they've passed this deal, I will strike it down.'"

Mindboggling.

Even funnier is that they city has approved a lease with an owner that can't afford to buy the team.

DONKEY RODEO!!!!

shabbs wrote:Some updates...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=397980

This caught my eye...

"According to a study commissioned by Glendale, the city would pay Jamison $203 million and bring in $45 million in revenue, leaving a huge gap. The study also calculated what it would cost the city should the Coyotes leave, estimating about $177 million in operating costs for Jobing without an anchor tenant."

So... the lesser of two evils is to keep them here and minimize the damage.

Yeah, that's solid planning.

shabbs wrote:Do you mean move the arena? What? The cost of the arena is the issue... not having a tenant is a killer... the city owns the arena.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:Do you mean move the arena? What? The cost of the arena is the issue... not having a tenant is a killer... the city owns the arena.

They have a contract to lease it, but for how long? Surely the cost to sever the deal would go down in 2 years?

The conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with a potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of Glendale taxpayers Ken Jones and Joe Cobb, claiming last week's vote violated a 2009 court order requiring Glendale to provide all documents in negotiations between the city and a prospective owner to Goldwater in a timely manner.

Hoags wrote:http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=398303

The conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with a potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of Glendale taxpayers Ken Jones and Joe Cobb, claiming last week's vote violated a 2009 court order requiring Glendale to provide all documents in negotiations between the city and a prospective owner to Goldwater in a timely manner.

This will be good

Flo The Action wrote:

Hoags wrote:http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=398303

The conservative watchdog group Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Glendale City Council's vote to approve a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena with a potential buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf of Glendale taxpayers Ken Jones and Joe Cobb, claiming last week's vote violated a 2009 court order requiring Glendale to provide all documents in negotiations between the city and a prospective owner to Goldwater in a timely manner.

This will be good

interesting to see if it falls thru or not. personally i'm very sceptical of making tax payers pay for a team over a long period of time. it's one thing to fund an arena that is multi purpose but to pay a private party to run it for you to ensure they stay? mmmhhhh Quebec city it is.