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Originally Posted by curves2000
Something here sounds and smells fishy, probably a corrupt attempt for others to potentially profit or maneuver in on getting access to the site/Coyotes.
I can fully understand that a lot of people may not want Alex Murrello as the owner of the new team in the Phx area but I don't think this a result of government officials thinking this was a site for youth hockey and not a commercial development for a 17k arena.
There has been enough noise about this development from everybody for a few years now and enough press conferences to indicate this was a development for the Arizona Coyotes NHL team and getting a proper NHL arena in a proper area. This wasn't miscommunication about development for tike hockey or the wrong box being checked.
This looks beyond weird and corrupt so that someone else can take over the Phx market and the other NHL owners get a bigger slice of the pie with an actual expansion price that is higher then the $200 million they just got.
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I dig it. I definitely get the sense that Bettman/NHL is done with Murelo, and wants this to stretch out long enough that the clause falls, and a new owner can bring hockey back to the desert.