OFFICIAL: Alex Meruelo Becomes Coyotes Majority Owner - Press Conference Thurs. 8/1, 1pm, @GRA

[SR]

I’m in the boat of I’ll believe it when I see it. If I hear anything different, I’ll be sure to share.

 

[ck26]

Surely there's nobody left on forum 40 that actually gets their hopes up about this ****. Something always goes wrong at the last minute. You could sign this franchise over to Bill Gates himself and 24hrs later Microsoft will inexplicably go bankrupt.

Not even the Coyotes are THAT toxic

 

[Jakey53]

No, the City of Glendale did, to the tune of $50 million dollars in extortion money to the NHL and $30 million more in subsidies to IceArizona until they were able to renegotiate the deal thanks to LeBlanc and his buddies not doing the bare minimum to meet their obligations.

Barroway may be small potatoes but he is the only person in ten years (!) who has moved the Coyotes any closer to a long-term stay in the state. If nothing else, he gave us Ahron Cohen and John Chayka, who are two of the best people this cursed franchise have had in administration in a decade.

Those clowns approached the COG and the COG obliged. I guess all deserve credit. Anywho, the team is still here, will always be here and that is all I care about, but I must admit, losing for the majority of those years has taken it's toll on me. I don't enjoy the game nearly as much as I did 20 yrs. ago, but some of that is the way the game has changed.

 

[hbk]

Team was moving back to Winnipeg had the city not agreed to the subsidy.

 

[Jakey53]

Team was moving back to Winnipeg had the city not agreed to the subsidy.

I think that was a bluff by the NHL. Who really knows. IF the NHL really wanted to move the Yotes, it would have been done years ago.

 

[Jamieh]

I think that was a bluff by the NHL. Who really knows. IF the NHL really wanted to move the Yotes, it would have been done years ago.

The NHL has never wanted them to leave but they are never going to pay for them to stay either. If Glendale didn't pay they would have been gone.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

On one hand I'd be happy because it'd mean, in theory, the Coyotes are staying and the end of relocation rumors. On the other hand I'd be beyond ****ing annoyed because Chandler makes no more sense than Glendale!

In my more insane moments, I wonder what would happen if the Coyotes left and the Phoenix metro area got two (!) AHL or ECHL franchises... one on the east side, and one on the west.

It'd be the most vicious rivalry in sports.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I think that was a bluff by the NHL. Who really knows. IF the NHL really wanted to move the Yotes, it would have been done years ago.

Definitely wasn't a bluff. The NHL certainly didn't want to move the team (more because it would have been an admission that they failed to deal with Balsillie than anything else) but they would have, had Glendale not written their checks and had Sammy Chavira not swung his vote to IceArizona in the 11th hour.

Relocation is bad for the league's business. But at this stage, nobody can say that the league hasn't tried everything to make the team work here. I'm fairly nihilistic about our future prospects after ten years of this.

 

[Mosby]

It wasn't just clown show because of the stuff with the COG... The biggest offence may have been part of the coup d'etat when Gary Drummond appointed himself as President of Hockey Operations despite having zero experience.

 

[RemoAZ]

It wasn't just clown show because of the stuff with the COG... The biggest offence may have been part of the coup d'etat when Gary Drummond appointed himself as President of Hockey Operations despite having zero experience.

That gif of Maloney never gets old because that's the way most of us have felt for the better part of a decade.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

It wasn't just clown show because of the stuff with the COG... The biggest offence may have been part of the coup d'etat when Gary Drummond appointed himself as President of Hockey Operations despite having zero experience.

Otherwise known as the Tippett Coup.

 

[_Del_]

That gif of Maloney never gets old because that's the way most of us have felt for the better part of a decade.

The best part is that is the abbreviated version. The full version is even more representative of our experience.

 

[mpir3]

I was at friends house over the weekend who's pretty wealthy and well connected here in the Valley and he mentioned something about the owner of SLS Vegas buying the team. I had more than a few drinks in me by that time so I don't recall much else of the conversation.

 

[Agalloch]

I was at friends house over the weekend who's pretty wealthy and well connected here in the Valley and he mentioned something about the owner of SLS Vegas buying the team. I had more than a few drinks in me by that time so I don't recall much else of the conversation.

Alex Meruelo?

 

[Mosby]

If that's the case, the owner of SLS Vegas is Alex Meruelo. Worth $2 billion (although one report said $14 billion). Previously tried to buy the Atlanta Hawks.

 

[AZviaNJ]

BTW - 2019 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Jim Basillie/Moyes adventures.

How's Blackberry doing these days?

 

[rt]

Alex Meruelo?

This would be huge. 2B net worth. Fortune made in hospitality, entertainment and real-estate. Strong interest in Latino market. Splits time between Miami, Reno, LA and Las Vegas (none are in need of an NHL team). He was once in the running to buy the Atlanta Hawks. He seems tailor-made to be the Coyotes owner (pardon the tuxedo pun-his family business was tuxedos).

If he does buy the team, his previous Atlanta ties will start heavy rumors of an Atlanta relocation. Houston’s large Hispanic population will fuel rumors, too.

He seems to have the perfect blend of experience and wealth to get the Coyotes a new arena in the Phoenix-area, though. A real-estate tycoon and successful hotelier seems perfect. Especially one with pro sports and Latino community connections.

 

[ParisSaintGermain]

I was at friends house over the weekend who's pretty wealthy and well connected here in the Valley and he mentioned something about the owner of SLS Vegas buying the team. I had more than a few drinks in me by that time so I don't recall much else of the conversation.

WHY WHY WHY DID YOU DRINK SO MUCH?

 

[mpir3]

This would be huge. 2B net worth. Fortune made in hospitality, entertainment and real-estate. Strong interest in Latino market. Splits time between Miami, Reno, LA and Las Vegas (none are in need of an NHL team). He was once in the running to buy the Atlanta Hawks. He seems tailor-made to be the Coyotes owner (pardon the tuxedo pun-his family business was tuxedos).

If he does buy the team, his previous Atlanta ties will start heavy rumors of an Atlanta relocation. Houston’s large Hispanic population will fuel rumors, too.

He seems to have the perfect blend of experience and wealth to get the Coyotes a new arena in the Phoenix-area, though. A real-estate tycoon and successful hotelier seems perfect. Especially one with pro sports and Latino community connections.

It was mentioned an arena off Rio Salado was the plan...

 

[mpir3]

WHY WHY WHY DID YOU DRINK SO MUCH?

Cause I was there for a pool party and not to be disappointed by Coyotes news and speculation lol. It was random it was even brought up to me but my buddy knows I'm a big hockey fan.

 

[moosemeister]

Cause I was there for a pool party and not to be disappointed by Coyotes news and speculation lol. It was random it was even brought up to me but my buddy knows I'm a big hockey fan.

Did you enjoy the hookers and blow?

If you did, you are forgiven.

 

[che]

Did you enjoy the hookers and blow?

If you did, you are forgiven.

Haha I was just about to ask this.

Great news!

 

[Dirty Old Man]

It was mentioned an arena off Rio Salado was the plan...

I was just reading an update on the Tempe streetcar the other day, looking at this map and thinking "man, if only..."

 

[hbk]

I think that was a bluff by the NHL. Who really knows. IF the NHL really wanted to move the Yotes, it would have been done years ago.

It wasn’t a bluff. If the wire transfer had gone through 20 mins later than it did then The Coyotes were headed to Winnipeg.

 

[Edenjung]

Did you enjoy the hookers and blow?

If you did, you are forgiven.

"Sometimes I think I should have just stayed in Peru moving coke. Machado was a cold bastard, but he was good to his men. And once you drew blood for him, you were set. Hooch, blow, girls -- not women, girls. Little bitty things."

Principale Lewis