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Originally Posted by Infinit47
Of course there is debate. So far it has completely failed.
I owned a house in the West valley for 10 years and spent time all over the Phoenix CMA. There simply was little interest in the Coyotes.
People can blame the arena location all they want, but the arena was easily accessible from everywhere but the far south east.
People in large US cities are used to driving all over as part of their daily routine. If there was significant interest in the Coyotes it's not a hard drive from most of Phoenix.
I'm not saying it's impossible for Phoenix to work, but it' far from a certainty.
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My family has been in Mesa since 2010.
Had the arena been in Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale or even DT Phoenix we would have had partial season tickets. We are within walking distance of the LRT and have personally taken it to watch sports.
Glendale was murder to get to for a 7pm puck drop. The arena location affected how many games we saw. I don't dispute your personal experience with accessing the games, I'm sharing mine.
Might be better with the South Mountain Freeway finished, but now we will never know.