Dysfunction In The Desert (Updated)
The Lead
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🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Katie Strang recently broke the news that the Arizona Coyotes are essentially getting kicked out of their home arena in Glendale, AZ, citing multiple notices about outstanding and delinquent balances owed by the Coyotes. So, to explain how things have gotten so bad, we're replaying an episode that first aired back in February, when Katie joined us to explain some of the problems she had discovered within the Coyotes organization under new owner Alex Meruelo -- many of which relate to the current problems at the arena.
Read Katie's recent report about Gila River Arena: https://theathletic.com/2778340/2021/08/19/point-of-no-return-glendale-to-boot-coyotes-from-gila-river-arena-after-2021-22-season/
Read Katie's original story about the Coyotes under owner Alex Meruelo: https://theathletic.com/2390146/2021/02/16/arizona-coyotes-investigation-toxic/
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| 0:48.0 | Last month there was some big news in the NHL. |
| 0:51.0 | Folks, breaking news out of Arizona. This is an article from the athletic posted by Katie Strang. |
| 1:00.0 | Very good reporter. |
| 1:01.0 | A colleague, Katie Strang reported that the city of Glendale had informed the Arizona coyotes that it was opting out of its joint lease agreement for Gila River where the team plays. |
| 1:11.0 | Basically what they're saying is the city of Glendale is done with this hockey team and the way it has run, the way it has been managed |
| 1:19.0 | and the way they have made payments mostly. And they're saying, nah, you're good. |
| 1:24.0 | You can go now. |
| 1:26.0 | So since you're probably wondering how things got so bad in Arizona, today we're replaying an episode that first aired back in February. |
| 1:34.0 | Katie Strang joined us and spoke with Kavita about some of the problems that she had discovered within the coyotes organization under new owner Alex Morello, many of which relate to the current problems at the arena. |
| 1:46.0 | All right, here's the episode for Monday, September 6th. This is the lead. |
| 1:52.0 | Well, so Katie, the Arizona coyotes haven't exactly been the most stable NHL franchise over the years. |
| 2:04.0 | There's been a bit of a revolving door of owners and the NHL even took control of the team for a while back in 2009 after a bankruptcy filing. |
| 2:14.0 | So given all of that, what was the feeling when Alex Morello became the coyotes new owner in 2019? |
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