News Article: IceArizona spending $3 million on Arena upgrades

[The Feckless Puck]

http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729120

But yeah, they're just biding their time until the out clause kicks in.

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[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Building us up so that the fall is that much harder.

 

[Howler Scores]

DAS Upgrade

In partnership with Crown Castle, the country’s largest independent owners and operators of shared wireless infrastructure, the Coyotes have upgraded their Distributed Antenna System (DAS) in Gila River Arena. This will improve the signal and reception for phone and data connectivity to 4G LTE from 2G for all fans in the arena

Was about to rant about them moving the coffee stand to my new section when I hoped I could avoid them in 105 but that quote made me:

 

[Summer Rose]

Was about to rant about them moving the coffee stand to my new section when I hoped I could avoid them in 105 but that quote made me:

I wholly agree; I always got awful reception inside the arena just about anywhere.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Building us up so that the fall is that much harder.

That's just not funny anymore.

 

[CC96]

Well this is a good sign. Can't really spin this negatively even if you wanted to try. Well, I'm sure the BOH could, but that's a different story.

 

[CC96]

Also, thank God there's actual cell phone reception in the arena now. Just need to get free Wifi like pretty much every other arena in the country, and we'll be good to go.

 

[TheLegend]

That's just not funny anymore.

One must understand that living through 5+ years of sniping at the fan base from the self-proclaimed righteous and tranditionalist "REAL fans" created a backlog of sarcasm.

 

[TheLegend]

Well this is a good sign. Can't really spin this negatively even if you wanted to try. Well, I'm sure the BOH could, but that's a different story.

Already been done....

 

[CC96]

Already been done....

I guess that makes me Nostradamus. Or Captain Obvious. I'm not sure, but there's no middle ground.

 

[CC96]

I was actually being sarcastic, when I said that too. I didn't think they had it in them the spin it negatively. Props to them for their dedication, I guess?

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Already been done....

I haven't looked yet but I am going to guess its something like this...

"A team that is losing money every year should not be spending 3 million on arena upgrades. But whatever...when Glendale takes over in 4 years they will have an updated arena to run. Kind of a departing present from ownership group."

Now I will go look see how close I am..

 

[Summer Rose]

I haven't looked yet but I am going to guess its something like this...

"A team that is losing money every year should not be spending 3 million on arena upgrades. But whatever...when Glendale takes over in 4 years they will have an updated arena to run. Kind of a departing present from ownership group."

Now I will go look see how close I am..

What I got out of it is that they think they're spending extra money on purpose to reach the loss limit.

 

[Desert Ice 11]

What I got out of it is that they think they're spending extra money on purpose to reach the loss limit.

I checked out the thread that the BOH folks were talking about it..It hasn't reached my expectation yet but I think it will.

 

[Naych_PHX]

Yeah, automatically I think it has to be an upgrade in connectivity in there. Good to see that. Other than that not much id change in the arena. Maybe another big fancy scoreboard if I wanna get greedy, but I never had a problem with the current one.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

I checked out the thread that the BOH folks were talking about it..It hasn't reached my expectation yet but I think it will.

It is going to be so much fun in the 2020s to see how many of them spent so much energy on here wishing for things that never came to pass.

 

[TheLegend]

What I got out of it is that they think they're spending extra money on purpose to reach the loss limit.

Any expenditure by the Coyotes is going to be looked at in this fashion over there at this point.

In this case though they ignored the fact that IA just got a boost from the new naming rights contract that will offset some of the expense.

However look for another expense within the next 2-3 years... the scoreboards at the arena need replacing with new HD units.

 

[Howler Scores]

Arena needs a new roof soon also.

In any event, I always found it sad that its the same few posters over there who focus on one teams negativity. Good news, they spin, bad news, they pretend its worse. Kinda sad. Its summer in most parts of the world, get out and enjoy.

Its clear that it would take effort to lose money on this team with how its structured. May not become a billionaire, but they will be alright.

 

[Jakey53]

Arena needs a new roof soon also.

In any event, I always found it sad that its the same few posters over there who focus on one teams negativity. Good news, they spin, bad news, they pretend its worse. Kinda sad. Its summer in most parts of the world, get out and enjoy.

Its clear that it would take effort to lose money on this team with how its structured. May not become a billionaire, but they will be alright.

Why does it need a new roof? If it does, that may be Glendale's expense not the Coyotes.

 

[Jakey53]

Any expenditure by the Coyotes is going to be looked at in this fashion over there at this point.

In this case though they ignored the fact that IA just got a boost from the new naming rights contract that will offset some of the expense.

However look for another expense within the next 2-3 years... the scoreboards at the arena need replacing with new HD units.

I thought our scoreboard was outdated when the arena opened. I saw the Shark's scoreboard a couple of years ago, much bigger and nicer, and I would imagine there are better one's now.

 

[Howler Scores]

Why does it need a new roof? If it does, that may be Glendale's expense not the Coyotes.

It was part of last year's RFP. They estimated it at $2 million.

 

[TJinAZ]

BOH is awesome

Any bad news about the Coyotes is blown up and any positive news is disregarded. The majority of the posters are from Quebec and Winnipeg so bitterness prevails. Although "Casual Fan" and "Llama19" usually lead the charge and they are listed as Americans.

 

[Fugu]

Well this is a good sign. Can't really spin this negatively even if you wanted to try. Well, I'm sure the BOH could, but that's a different story.

Now, now.... There isn't one hive mind over there, even if the squeakier wheels... are rather squeaky?

Any bad news about the Coyotes is blown up and any positive news is disregarded. The majority of the posters are from Quebec and Winnipeg so bitterness prevails. Although "Casual Fan" and "Llama19" usually lead the charge and they are listed as Americans.

A separate thread was posted, but deleted by a moderator who thought it redundant to the discussion. Probably should revive it as a separate thread, for the reasons you cite.

 

[pfp]

Well this is a good sign. Can't really spin this negatively even if you wanted to try. Well, I'm sure the BOH could, but that's a different story.

EASY.

3 down 47 to go

Done.

 

[pfp]

Cell coverage will be nice.