Why?? They don't have to.
The current lease allows them the same terms for one more season (same rent, rev streams, etc.) The only difference would be the arena manager would be different, meaning they don't get the non-hockey event revenue (or have to bear the costs of it either).
.... ya... see... TL..... not altogether accurate is that...
Not correct.
This year COG pays them a flat 6.5 M, plus they get non hockey revenue streams.
Next year. Nothing.
... no, at present they wont be collecting anything from ticket's, nothing from parking, nothing from concessions. They'll have to work out a deal with whomever it is that Glendale awards the AMC to for everything from gate %~parking %~concession %~% of certain sponsorship revenues & so on & so forth. They have office space in the building, I dont know if thats included in the rental agreement X's 41 Home Games, just a whole bunch of details that need to be sorted out, an entire ward & warehouse full of crutches that have been kicked asunder. Its not just the $15M per annum gone, its the leverage the $250M 15yr AMC was providing thats now splintered & gone. All told, collectively, devastatingly rocked the NHL's & IA's world. Tsunami's already hit & retreated, gone back out to sea. So who are you going to believe? Your lying eyes surveying the swath of destruction left behind or Anthony LeBlanc & NHL friendly reporters claiming that the suns rising on NHL hockey in Arizona, the Coyotes long tenured, forever?
I dont know if the NHL's BOG's has the stomach to continue underwriting the losses for even one more year which as a paying tenant be it GRA or Talking Stick will be even more staggering then they have been. Youve just got to figure their patience is up, all gone, completely evaporated, glass not half full, empty, dry as dust. If it wasnt before last June it surely would be by now. No longer Bettmans file, he's going to be told; enough with these games, facade, your fake owners, Dummy Corporation, Black-Op... its clearly not working, blew up in your face, move that team immediately upon conclusion of the 2015/16 season. Youve also just gotta figure thats a conversation thats already taken place. This nonsense, disinformation being floated by LeBlanc all over the wires & out there in order to avoid a complete & total collapse of the market as the shot clock runs down. Going so far as to contract a consultant (who's reputation is dubious, integrity questionable), full false flag operation as they ride out the rest of the season.
"Why would we hire a consultant if we were planning to leave"?.... I'll tell you why; in order to buy yourself a sheen of credibility which unfortunately is completely transparent & not really fooling anyone but for those desperately hoping for hope. Consultants yet another dodge, feint, a fake alibi... total cutback of all extraneous expenses at GRA... Expansion on hold & why?.... that club very likely destined for LV thats why.