What Does the Future Hold for the Coyotes in Arizona? | The Jeff Marek Show 

The Tempe taxpayers saw what happened in Glendale and knew building an arena for the Coyotes was stupid and risky.

Did Gary just believe this was a slam dunk? There have been multiple problems and issues, Gary Bettman forced a team into Arizona.

I think KC and Milwaukee would both work. I believe Houston is very similar to Phoenix and Dallas in that the team must be successful for support.

Just sell the team and move them jesus enough already

Houston Aeros

Green Bay. Forget Milwaukee it’s a dump and already talking about losing the Brewers. Just make sure you don’t schedule games on days when the Packers play at home which should be easy since almost half of the NFL season will be done by the time the NHL season starts. Location is perfect since they relocated the Coyotes to the central division because of the Kraken. Green Bay would sell out 41 home games guaranteed. They could put a minor league team in Madison especially since the Badgers are kind of hockey hot bed and churn out some NHL talent.

Either way the team will suck next year and won't be due to tanking. You're going to see a mass exodus of players from this team.

Have them play in Toronto for a few years. Toronto can support a second team.

Quebec time

Get that dam team out already! This place doesn't deserve a NHL team.

Houston could take that team in a heartbeat and be ready to go immedietly without having to switch divisons

Kansas City makes sense. Sold out a preseason game before, mayor is super interested, no NBA team to compete with, and the arena is ready to go.

means Arizona people don't need ice hockey, clear answer

They decided to play in a College arena, on nothing more than a prayer that just maybe, they would get an arena deal done. They lost millions doing so. What faint glimmer of hope will make the team stay for yet another season?

Houston is perfect for an expansion team….Utah is perfect for the relocation of the Coyotes. Move them to SLC!

Long post: As a Georgia native and a huge Thrashers fan growing up, I can completely understand the pain and what that feels like for all the hockey fans that love and support the Coyotes along with the Coyotes management. I am very shocked the vote didn't go through and really hate that for Coyotes Fans and for the Franchise owners as a whole! I really did think that the vote would pass, and they would play in Tempe, the proposal they had for Tempe is a sweet setup! I will say this, but Arizona does end up relocating, I would love if Arizona does relocate to Atlanta BUT realistically, I can see them relocating to another city out west like Houston as the top choice or another city like Salt Lake City, Portland, Kansas City to keep the divisions and conferences even! BUT if Arizona decides sells the team and is open to offers, I think that multiple cities will places bids/offers for the team and they will take the highest bid/offer and if Atlanta has the highest offer compared to the other cities that places bids/offers, then Arizona should sell the team to Atlanta! Or whoever wants to buy the team with the highest offer will get the team even if that means Houston, Portland, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, you name it If they go that route, I think that will really determine what city really does wants an NHL team! Reasons how the NHL coming back to Atlanta can work 1) they have expressed strong interest in wanting another team via expansion/NEED to have GREAT Management! (It appears they have it now) 2) they have proposed a new entertainment center that includes an NHL arena in the suburbs of Atlanta (something the Flames and Thrashers never did and this is a very wise move to do; the Atlanta Braves moved to the suburbs of Atlanta recently and have succeeded very well there so if there is success with another professional sports in Atlanta with this approach, the same can happen if Atlanta gets another NHL team!) 3) they already have 2 hockey size arenas in place (State Farm Arena where the Hawks play at and Gas South Arena where the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators play at) to potentially play in temporarily while their new arena gets built! and, even though it doesn't mean anything, is that the Atlanta Gladiators current NHL Affiliate is the Arizona Coyotes... (I think playing in the Gas South Arena temporarily is more reasonable knowing the Thrashers history with sharing the Phillips/State Farm Arena with the Hawks and how Anson Carter, a former NHL player and now NHL Analyst, is a co-owner of the Atlanta Gladiators Franchise so I think he will definitely accommodate a potential NHL team to play in the same building as the Gladiators until the new Arena gets build in Cumming/Alpharetta area which is within roughly a 30 minute proximity of Gas South Arena)

The Coyotes have already played their last game in Arizona. It's over. Expect them to be moved this summer to either Houston or Salt Lake City. Houston would make the absolute most sense from all standpoints, including geographic location, the creation of an instant Texas rivalry with the Stars, and economics of scale. This is a no-brainer. Houston Coyotes, or Houston Aeros, it makes no difference. The franchise will explode in popularity if or when it moves to Houston. Watch for it.

I am with some of the others here, I think that the Coyotes are going to be moving in 3-6 years realistically. I have been to Houston and I have been to Kansas city. Both cities are very viable options. For me personally I would to lean against Houston , and its just because that while Houston is a great city, we have seen that the Houston Texans arent exactly generating a huge number of fans, the team isnt all the great either and I would worry that a Houston hockey team would end up like the Atlanta Thrashers. I

The Moose Jaw Coyotes. It has a certain ring to it.

This was really Gary Bettman's deal from the start doing everything in his power to keep the team in Arizona. It just does not work from a fan base, or especially revenue stream. Time to move on and Quebec City is foaming to take over this team. I have calculated based on current seating capacities the team is losing in excess of $60 million per season not including Jersey sales, and advertising etc.v.s. what it would earn in Quebec. Quebec City has a ultra modern new arena just waiting to go with some large corporate sponsorship all in place. Most of all from a Dollar point of view it is all Two Thumbs Up for all parties concerned.

What about Indianapolis??? Bring the Racers back, Indy is expanding their ice rink anyways

The future....HOUSTON

They can't share a building...lack of acquired revenues...the Coyotes need as much revenue as possible. They make 17-30 mill...it takes 100 million to run a team.

Quebec nordiques please

They moving to Houston,utah,Atlanta, Quebec, for real !

This is Houston time please 🙏 please 🙏 please 🙏 please 🙏 relocate the team Houston and then maybe Atlanta or Kansas City or Quebec City can go expansion or who else is interested in bring hockey to there just please 🙏 please 🙏 relocate the coyotes to Houston Texas if that we finally get to see the Texas rivalry Dallas vs Houston please 🙏 please 🙏 please 🙏 please 🙏 bring the team to Houston please 🙏

Utah wants nhl team

Chychrun must be glad he was free from that circus organization

Utah?

Saskatchewan needs a team in the city of Saskatoon,

I would want the Suns owner to buy the Coyotes.

It took over a decade but coyotes fiasco is finally over now question is where do they go you got Houston , Portland , Kansas City , Quebec City & Hamilton but in my opinion Houston is the front runner because they are a western city which will make for an easy move while the other cities have ???? like not wanting a team , being a small market or like Hamilton having there arena closed for renovations for the next 2-3 years so that is why I think the coyotes are Houston bound .

at least the Dbacks are looking good this year👊🏻

That would be too bad if they relocated. But they play in a terribly small venue. I almost don't enjoy watching Game Highlights because it's so small.

To me it’s the beginning of the end of the Coyotes in the desert, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are relocated in 3-6 years

Yet the organization spent 10% of what the opposition groups spent on the campaign… doesn’t seem like the owners have a real desire to stay

Quebec

What about Atlanta for the third time ? 😂

Meh it could have worked in Arizona, just all the franchises there are mismanaged. I wouldn’t move them to Canada, it will be hard to attract top echelon players when their wages are heavily taxed. That’s why franchises are decent in the south, guys keep their salaries.

Move the team to Quebec City and build an arena with tropical Therme spa attached to it so the players stay happy.

I’m a Predators fan from Mississippi. I’d love to see Quebec get the Nordiques back and the divisions get reorganized but one city for relocation that is under the radar is Birmingham. It’s a growing city that has a great sports history, is now on the Olympic radar since they hosted the World Games last year, has mostly fixed its problems over the past two decades with a hockey history with the Bulls of the WHA and the minors and has an arena that can host an NHL team though still needs a bit of work (Legacy Arena has a capacity of over 17,000 for hockey). Birmingham is a football (and baseball) town and always will be but if given the chance they were denied during the WHA-NHL merger with a solid, patient ownership group, they will find success right out of the gate like Vegas both on and off the ice. It also has a large corporate presence with deep pockets and no major pro sports team to support. Companies that shell out sponsorship dollars for the SEC, Alabama and Auburn will have absolutely no problem shelling out sponsorship dollars for an NHL team. What it lacks in media market size (the metro area is slightly bigger than the population of Winnipeg and the Jets have few problems with fan support), it more than makes up for in fan passion. People in Birmingham deserve a major league sports team to call their own and the people of Alabama will adopt the new Bulls/Vulcans team and love them as much as Alabama or Auburn (plus you’ll have the potential for Nick Saban or Charles Barkley sightings every night). Huntsville (a strong hockey town in its own right), Montgomery, Atlanta (which should never get another NHL team) and Tupelo are two hours away and are an easy drive for fans. Nashville, Pensacola, Memphis and Mobile are four hours away and an easy drive as well. A potential rivalry with the Predators is the Southern rivalry Bettman wanted with the Preds and the Thrashers. Heated and ready made for an ESPN/TNT/Rogers midweek game. The team will have few problems outside football season getting fans in seats. If the NHL chooses Birmingham before MLS puts their next expansion team in town, then the team won’t be an afterthought like a team in Houston or Kansas City can be or be relocation fodder every few years like Arizona is right now. With the right ideas and a lot of patience and luck, they’ll be a successful team that’s beloved by fans and challenges for Stanley Cups.

The NHLPA are now secretly hoping the team is moved quickly from Arizona as they are partially bankrolling this Mullet Arena Fiasco. PA members are seeing all pain and no gain by going along with Bettman's dogged rescue attempt of this franchise.

2:45 why not play another 10 seasons in Mullet Arena? It's not like the Yotes drew 17K plus on a nightly basis and since this farce of a franchise has gone this long - why not another 10 years wasted in AZ? Bettman/BoG seem just fine with this welfare child in the desert.

Kansas City is a very attractive option. -The city has a $40 million slush fund for building upgrades if/when an NHL lease is signed -No anchor tenant. Will get first rights on dates. -Turnkey arena that could be ready to go within months -Exploding real estate market -Political support -Even though the arena was built in 2007, it would still be the seventh youngest arena in the league -Rabid sports town -Huge success with minor league hockey (Blues, Blades, Mavericks) -Previous NHL preseason sellouts -Incredibly powerful sports commission

Bring a team to Houston or Utah, but don’t go back to Quebec. Canada is tiny

Hartford

The coyotes have been given as many years to succeed as they have given the WNBA. Think on that. Enough already for both of them. Pull the plug.

Stick a fork in it !

Move the Coyotes to Houston.

#SavetheYotes

When the city of Tempe would rather keep a landfill as is than cater to the Coyotes….THATS the point of no return.

Mesa go to Mesa.

It was a stupid idea to try to sell the NHL in the DESERT.

get rid of the coyotes and bettman.

Just move them it’s been a joke since day one

Hartford