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Originally Posted by getbak

I think we're already at a point where the buyers aren't going to be tied to Glendale long-term. There will probably be conditions that the purchaser must negotiate in good faith with the City of Glendale, but I would expect any serious buyer to already have a new city with an arena that they are going to move the team to as quickly as possible without looking completely obvious that that was always what they had planned with the league no matter how low Glendale drop their knickers going forward.

The league itself won't move the team. They'll sell it to new ownership, who will be responsible for finding a place to play, whether that's Glendale or somewhere else. Then, the league would approve the move.


I suspect that June 1 is the deadline for determining whether the team stays in Arizona for next year, as it was with the Thrashers/Jets move. Beyond that, the schedule is getting finalized and teams need to book their travel for next season.

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