![]() “The National Hockey League is terribly disappointed by the results of the public referendum regarding the Coyotes' arena project in Tempe. The long-suffering Bettman, an unusual quality for a guy so prickly, has patiently waited through arena disasters in Scottsdale, Glendale and now Tempe for Arizona to get its act together and create a stable home for NHL hockey.Īfter Tuesday’s vote, he issued a terse response: ![]() Perhaps they wanted to test NHL’s Commissioner Gary Bettman’s tolerance for pain. What made the good citizens of Tempe so assertively defeat a project that their more-informed leaders knew to be a godsend? No one cares about the NHL's threat Then Tempe voters cast their ballots and shot it all down. Tempe Mayor Corey Woods called it “the best sports deal in Arizona history.” A beautiful location on the riverbed.Ī great regional destination point right off the freeway and closer to the Arizona hockey fanbase that had long ago stopped driving to Glendale’s arena. The city had dazzling renderings and specs. Voters shot down the Coyotes' 'best' deal Hugh Hallman and Neil Giuliano, former mayors who once despised each other, were even giving a Master’s class online in which they dismantled all the opposing arguments with both precision and eloquence.
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