The Situation The Arizona Coyotes Face
from Sean Shapiro of The Athletic,
Around the league, executives are worried the plan would hinder the Coyotes’ ability to maximize revenue.
At ASU, the Coyotes would be the secondary tenant to Arizona State’s Division I men’s team — and the arena would be puny by NHL standards, with an expected capacity of around 5,000. The Winnipeg Jets currently play in the NHL’s smallest arena, which has a capacity of 15,294.
Since the proposal was reported last week, The Athletic spoke to executives representing nine organizations that run the league’s financial gamut — from those that share revenue to those that receive.
The Athletic granted the executives’ anonymity as they were not permitted by the league nor their teams to speak publicly on the matter.
“Just a nightmare all around,” one executive said of the proposal, which comes at a time when financial matters have been in the spotlight for the league as it deals with the effects of shortened seasons and lost attendance caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multiple executives called the plan “embarrassing.”
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