Phoenix XCV: We Trust Gary Bettman

[FrailSwan]

I would love for the Coyotes to get a chance to prove they can be successful with a new owner. It's what I've wanted all along. But at the risk of a city already facing big financial problems that effect the most important services (police/fire), I can't be for that.

I'm happy for my fellow hockey fans who love their Coyotes. No fan should ever have to go through something like this. But I worry for those who call Glendale their home.

 

[KingKopitar11*]

So it ended? The Coyotes are staying?

 

[WingedWheel1987]

I don't understand why they would cut out the out clause? It literally makes zero sense.

 

[pfp]

So did they vote to cut the out clause?

yes they did

 

[Canucks LB]

Yotes stay for 5 years, and when they leave, they are on the hook for another 10?

 

[bluefan]

What, 1%? Maybe pushing 1.5% if we get them somewhere where they revenue out $100M a year? It's not a big chunk of anything, if it was, it wouldn't continue.

Which is still better than being tens of millions in debt....

 

[DopeyFish]

So, the Coyotes are there to stay for the next five years, correct?

Unless they default

 

[viperswhip]

So it ended? The Coyotes are staying?

Yes.

 

[JoeCool16]

So it ended? The Coyotes are staying?

For the time being (at least 5 years, probably) yep.

 

[Mayor Bee]

But as I posted before, when 7000 fans show up, they'll say its a weekday game or the arena is too far.

Just like Chicago back in 2007.

 

[TruKnyte]

I don't understand why they would cut out the out clause? It literally makes zero sense.

Someone's getting kickbacks....

 

[Zorbane]

He might as well do this

 

[Tramontane Sirocco]

Harrison Mooney ‏@HarrisonMooney 1m
Best moment from the Glendale City Council meeting was the police chief standing up and saying, "The ring came off my pudding can."

take my pen knife my good man
It's unbelievable
Unimpeachable
Indispensable
I can't believe-able
Tramontane's Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

oh wait... I was supposed to be selling a train... come back in 5, I'll have a song
go yotes

 

[Quo]

Now that it's 2:11 AM in my time zone, I should probably eat some dinner or something.

Breakfast maybe? You could go milk or whisky and both could make sense.

 

[JetsFlyHigh]

That is the one positive I guess you could say of all this... Yotes fans swore it was unstable ownership... okay you just got 15 years guaranteed on YOUR dime... that building better be near capacity every night... if it is not... everyone who ever was "silly" enough to tell you 10,000 does not a pro market make will have been proven correct... and you get to lie in that bed... love it, come to think of it... Glendale Yotes fans just put their money where their mouth is... now if only it hadn't already been spent...

On GLENDALE's dime. Including those who aren't even Coyotes fans.

I'm gonna quote Bettman when he was in Winnipeg: "This isn't going to work very well, if that building isn't sold out EVERY night."

Put your money where your sorry butt is.

 

[SchultzSquared*]

Congratulations Coyotes and Coyotes fans. It makes me happy that your team remains in the desert. Stay classless, haters.

Yes, all those classless haters who think you should not want citizens to burn to death instead of watch a hockey game... I mean your state just lost 19 firefighters... great idea to not pony up $200K for gas for firetrucks... and ensure you cannot upgrade emergency services in the future with $11M general fund meant for just that being sucked dry by inevitably Coyotes losses...

I wonder if it will take the whole city being razed by a wildfire for Yotes fans to realize some things are more important than a team most residents have never and will never watch or cheer for...

 

[GK]

The fact that this vote had to happen only says how undeserving that city is in regards to having a team.

 

[thiscalltoarms]

Yotes stay for 5 years, and when they leave, they are on the hook for another 10?

I think they are only on the hook for another 10 if the Yotes stay.

 

[AndyCapp]

Child's life > yotes

Not in the eyes of Glendale council.

"Suck it up, princess. Call your Mommy for a ride to the Free Clinic. Enjoy the three hour wait."

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Not by the coyotes, but Glendale. Should. And the Fiesta Bowl every year should help.

Sorry, yeah, that's what I meant. Just wondering if part of the justification for voting yes be that the city can weather some lean times for a couple of years with the expectation that the Super Bowl will make up for it?

 

[wunderpanda]

RSE may complete purchase by the 8th ?

 

[Puckschmuck*]

yes 4-3

So either Glendale just kissed itself goodbye, or this will be the deal breaker for the potential owners who know better than to commit long-term to a poor market.

 

[Lobstertainment]

Yes, he is. And good on him.

how are you still watching? TSN ended the stream?

 

[Wheathead]

Sell out that building night in, night out Glendale.

This one is on your dime.

 

[pfp]

So, the Coyotes are there to stay for the next five years, correct?

or next BK, whichever comes first.