Coyotedroppings
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Ahhh, those wonderful Arizona summers!
Ryan Smith hospitality
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Ahhh, those wonderful Arizona summers!
You can't beat Arizona golf in Utah. You just can't. And swimming pools exist...
Coyotedroppings
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Can't stand golf, but love me some swim'n. This place is miserable as sin in the summer though!You can't beat Arizona golf in Utah. You just can't. And swimming pools exist...
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Well, that's true, but a dry 120 is better than a humid 105... the Utah players will discover this soon enough...
MIGs Dog
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Well, that's true, but a dry 120 is better than a humid 105... the Utah players will discover this soon enough...
Utah is humid?
Coyotedroppings
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I had no idea! Only time I've been in Utah has been fall/winter.Well, that's true, but a dry 120 is better than a humid 105... the Utah players will discover this soon enough...
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SjMilhouse
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My cracked skin say otherwise...
Coyotedroppings
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The Kinder, Gentler Version
I think it’s Orange Theory fitnesses he owns. But he did say on Cam & Strick that he wants the Utah job and he was unequivocal. He stated it strongly.
It's not like he can't retain Orange Theory and still move to Utah.
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Public funding was always part of the equation. Why would the honeymoon be over? (Can't watch/listen currently).
What would you say if AM asked for all this? I'm sure you and many others would spout off against it.
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Sure. Because he has a track record of running things into the ground.
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The honeymoon isn't over. But I'm desperately glad I'm not a Utah taxpayer anymore. If Meruelo asked for this much tax money, I'd be 100% against it, just like I was against the tax asks from IceArizona and Barroway. I find it hilarious that a lot of the same people who are freaking out about inflation and consumer costs and so forth tend to be enthusiastically for municipalities jacking up taxes and throwing public money at sports owners.
Public funding is fine (either in Utah or Arizona). The public shouldn't be on the hook for it entirely. I like the tax district model. AM needs to get out there and do some handshaking. It is wild that he was the owner of the Coyotes for five years and never met anyone in office aside from the Tempe mayor (and that was really only in the council chamber).
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What would I say? I am opposed to "public/private" partnerships and all other forms of fascism. However, the SLC/Utah/SEG thing was always about public funding and their legislation was rolling out the mat for NHL & MLB. So, the idea that public funding means the "honeymoon is over" doesn't make sense as that was built in to the marriage.
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Puckrobber
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If Phoenix area folks (non-Coyote fans) are asked to provide funds for an entertainment district, and they know what AM was like the last few years, good luck getting a dime out of them.
