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Originally Posted by Joborule
It's a given at this point.
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The question now is the timing.
Everything that I have read about the deal with the city and the county is that the public financing agreement needs to have an NBA team and an NHL team. But I dont know if that means these teams need to be in place before they would start construction.
If so, then somebody needs to buy an NHL team in the next half year. If it is not till it is ready to open (due to there being a lack of a suitable NHL playing arena in the Seattle area) then an ownership group has a couple of years to make a purchase to move the team.
If a Seattle group was to buy the Coyotes, would they stay in Glendale for a couple of seasons and then move? or would they play in a building not suited for NHL hockey?
NBA deal not finalized until the beginning of April. So I would imagine an NHL group would not want to start the buying process until they know for sure that an NBA team is moving.