Residents in Tempe are voting on a referendum Tuesday that will determine whether plans for the $2.3 billion Tempe Entertainment District will move forward.
Residents in Tempe are voting on a referendum Tuesday that will determine whether plans for the $2.3 billionThe vote is taking place after the city of Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airportabout the residences that would be built as part of the project in the high-noise area under the airport’s flight path.
If the arena is built, the Coyotes would finally be able to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona.The Arizona Coyotes are about to learn the fate of a proposed entertainment district that would include a new home for the team, which has crisscrossed the city searching for a permanent place to play.after relocating from Winnipeg in 1996 then moved to Glendale’s Gila River Arena in 2003. But the Coyotes’ had a troubled tenure in the Phoenix suburb.
Then-owner Jerry Moyes took the Coyotes into bankruptcy in 2009 and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie put in a bid to purchase the team with the intention of moving it to Hamilton, Ontario. The NHL, wanting to keep the team in Arizona, put in a counter bid and a Phoenix judge ruled the team could not be sold to Balsillie to circumvent the NHL’s relocation rules.
The NHL ran the Coyotes for four seasons and the financial constraints took a toll, leading in part to a seven-year playoff drought. A new ownership group brought new hope in 2013, but turmoil surfaced again in 2015, when the city of Glendale backed out of a long-term, multimillion-dollar lease agreement. The Coyotes then leased Gila River Arena on an annual basis until Glendale announced it was
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