Darren Dreger over at #TSN was releasing this info tonight on his Twitter:
NHL continues to fight to keep Yotes in Glendale, however, relocation decision could take place before the playoffs.
Quebec City, Seattle and Kansas City among relocation sites. Aside from conference issues, Que City appears best fit. Far from done deal...
Aaron Ward followed up:
NHLPA source,expect decision to come before start of playoffs.Gone is Glendale $25M subsidy
It looks like the city is tired of dealing (finally)... the Coyotes are 13th in the west, last in the Pacific, and came into Wednesday losers of four in a row...
They're next to last in attendance figures for home games- only 780 people or so over the Islanders- at just under 80-percent capacity.
Here was the Greg Jamison speech in front of the Glendale City Council back in November...
And the initial introduction of Jamison by Commissioner Gary Bettman as the savior du jour during the playoffs last season...
But, then, surprising no one really... everything hit a snag... and Jamison would never announce who his partners are/were as of a month ago...everything crapped out... Jamison was supposedly working on a new deal, but there's nothing imminent...
((HT: ABC15))
So, remember where we were last month... two months ago... last year...???
Well, we're back to where we started... only thing is JoJo is in Tucson...
Hey, they were close...
Thursday Update: Per OSG Sources in Arizona, AltaCorp Capital chairman & CEO George Gosbee is working with Anthony LeBlanc on @NHL_Coyotes purchase... so, we're back there...
Yep. Ice Edge is back with Gosbee- for those of you unfamiliar: Gosbee founded AltaCorp Capital, a new Canadian investment bank in 2010. As well, he is co-chair of AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management corp), a $70 billion investment fund. Sportsnet's John Shannon thinks a proposal could be done by the beginning of next week after the Easter holiday.
Friday Update: Darin Pastor, via press release, decided to throw his hat in the ring...
If the name rings a bell, it's because his grandfather and uncles owned the Buffalo Bisons in the 50's, 60's, and '70's.
"If we have an opportunity to acquire the franchise, we will do everything we can to make sure it stays in the great city of Glendale and continues to enhance the Phoenix metropolitan area."
Pastor is currently founder and CEO of Capstone Affluent Strategies- whatever that is...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Are We Going Back To Ice Edge And PHX...??? Majors Or Minors...???
If you pay attention to Keith McCullough and his Twitter feed...
Super secret: Ice Edge Holdings is not done with The Phoenix Coyotes yet - we love hockey and its fans
Could this be the group that outgoing Glendale owner Elaine Scruggs was talking about that they wanted no part of...???
Arizona Republic beat writer Lisa Halverstadt reports that if the Greg Jamison deal goes through, he would have no problem knocking off a few million dollars from the first-year subsidy from the city- from $20-million to $17-million.
By the way, Halverstadt is mandatory reading...
The issue with all of the subsidies is, currently, the city of Glendale is on the edge of a $35-million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year.
The subsidies are supposed to be $20-million for the first four years and $15-million for the 2017 year.
Councilman Phil Lieberman is asking Tea Party members to show up for the next City Council meeting to protest any kind of subsidy- at all...
But if it's not the NHL and the Coyotes, it may be the minors instead...
Halverstadt came across an (Ice Edge/Lakehead Yale partner) Anthony LeBlanc e-mail from April 1:
He added that the group had “conceptually mapped out” alternative plans for the arena including long-term management of the arena, the purchase of a franchise to replace the Coyotes, a plan to increase the number of events at Jobing.com and a plan to “most benefit (Westgate City Center) and the City of Glendale as a whole.”
LeBlanc said he had talked with the National Hockey League about his plans, and got their approval to pursue the matter in more detail.
All that in order to try and prevent this for the second straight year
((HT: Sportsnet/JHendrix70))
Super secret: Ice Edge Holdings is not done with The Phoenix Coyotes yet - we love hockey and its fans
Could this be the group that outgoing Glendale owner Elaine Scruggs was talking about that they wanted no part of...???
Arizona Republic beat writer Lisa Halverstadt reports that if the Greg Jamison deal goes through, he would have no problem knocking off a few million dollars from the first-year subsidy from the city- from $20-million to $17-million.
By the way, Halverstadt is mandatory reading...
The issue with all of the subsidies is, currently, the city of Glendale is on the edge of a $35-million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year.
The subsidies are supposed to be $20-million for the first four years and $15-million for the 2017 year.
Councilman Phil Lieberman is asking Tea Party members to show up for the next City Council meeting to protest any kind of subsidy- at all...
But if it's not the NHL and the Coyotes, it may be the minors instead...
Halverstadt came across an (Ice Edge/Lakehead Yale partner) Anthony LeBlanc e-mail from April 1:
He added that the group had “conceptually mapped out” alternative plans for the arena including long-term management of the arena, the purchase of a franchise to replace the Coyotes, a plan to increase the number of events at Jobing.com and a plan to “most benefit (Westgate City Center) and the City of Glendale as a whole.”
LeBlanc said he had talked with the National Hockey League about his plans, and got their approval to pursue the matter in more detail.
All that in order to try and prevent this for the second straight year
((HT: Sportsnet/JHendrix70))
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