Off the ice, things have been even worse. This season they sit dead last in the Central Division. The Coyotes have not cracked the top half of NHL attendance since 2001, and have made the playoffs just once in the last nine seasons. Since the team moved south from Canada they have hardly distinguished themselves. The university subsequently backs out of the deal.Ģ016 – Glendale enters into a contract for sports entertainment firm AEG to manage the Gila River Arena. In 2014, they change their name from the Phoenix Coyotes to the Arizona Coyotes.Ģ015 – Glendale voids the long-term lease after an alleged violation of conflict of interest laws.Ģ016 – the Arizona Coyotes announce plans to move to the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, a 25-minute drive from Glendale, and build a new arena there. The NHL takes over and signs a short-term lease extension with the City of Glendale.Ģ010 – An ownership bid to buy the team is derailed by the threat of litigation.Ģ013 – After the league threatens to relocate the team, Glendale signs a 15-year lease to support a new ownership group: Renaissance Sports & Entertainment. And often a parting of the ways is best for both sides.įirst, a brief timeline of the Arizona Coyotes, who just may be cursed:ġ996 – the Winnipeg Jets relocate to Phoenix, Arizona.Ģ003 – the Phoenix Coyotes relocate to nearby Glendale and the Gila River Arena.Ģ009 – Moyes places the team in bankruptcy.
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