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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I wonder if Phoenix would support an AHL team right away. Because, honestly, that is the only way that building ever gets any use if the Coyotes leave.
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Yep, the issue Glendale has is that letting the Yotes leave doesn't get rid of their financial headache, and it may actually make it worse. Sure they're paying out $25mil, but they at least see some type of returns in the form of taxes, economic activity and other related things. Certainly not huge returns, but returns nonetheless. If the Yotes leave you lose a lot of that, and I'm not sure that it would be all that much cheaper to simply mothball the place, although I admittedly don't know how much that sort of thing would cost.
The city got itself into a terrible position from day one with that building, and now they're really left with choosing from a bad option and a worse option.