OK. Let's pursue the joint facility angle.....What would have to happen for that to come about....
Well, first, it has to be a new facility, because the current NBA arena doesn't work for hockey.
Then, you have to get the city to put up funds for it.
Then, you have the current lease with Sarver. He owns the Suns, and he is entitled to something like 5 more years of a wonderfully advantageous Management contract. So, for the new facility to come on board before that, you have to buy him out of his current lease. Who would pay for that?
Then, you have the question of: Who is going to pay for the arena? Is Phoenix city going to put up all the cash? I doubt that, but I could be wrong.
Then, you have the issues above about the teams splitting Naming Rights, and all the ancillary income.
Then, you have the fact that the hockey team will still be a money loser, because the only thing that has kept it from being that is a subsidy.
So, because this joint facility mostly benefits the NHL team, who in the NHL world is going to put up the cash to get it all done? And, then, who is going to continue to pay for all the losses?
Suppose you go for joint ownership. It seems to me that Sarver lacks deep enough pockets to own both, so a new ownership has to be brought in to buy BOTH teams. Presumably, they will also have to pay something on the arena. Why would this new ownership want the Coyotes when they are going to be a net money loser? (In other words, unless there is a HUGE change in ticket sales, and STHs, the hockey team will run more in the red than the owner can gain because the arena is full.)
It just brings more questions.....
