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I said weeks ago this guy wasn't rich enough. Turns out even I underestimated just how underfunded he was. Jamison really must've been the last guy they could find who was remotely interested, so they trot him out before the Glendale leadership, give them some false promises, and then drop the bombshell that he's really got nothing just days later.

Rationale: Court lacks authority to stop the vote from taking place. That said, it acknowledges Glendale has kind of been doing a crappy job of providing documents within the required time window for such things, so I don't know, grounds for a restraining order on enacting the lease deal I guess. Court basically told the GWI they need to wait until after the vote to sue. Which they will hopefully do.

I think literally the only thing stopping them is that the deal isn't officially officially in place yet. So nothing illegal has been done yet to sue over. If Glendale was smart (hold your laughter), they would just bring Goldwater to the bargaining table with the new owner and try to avoid an expensive lawsuit that they will lose. But then the politicians wouldn't be able to say that they "got a deal done for the Coyotes" even if the deal was illegal all along. That's not stopping them. They're going to court this morning in about 20 minutes when it opens to filed a restraining order against today's vote even happening. They're angling for a violation of the AZ constitution's gifts clause again. http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2012/06/07/20120607phoenix-coyotes-deal-goldwater-restraining-order.html

Well they could trade QUE & WPG... And GWI should 100% definitely be all over this. This whole thing is just sad at this point. Good news is, it does appear they're going to be all over this. And on top of it you have a mayor and several councilmen who wouldn't have to worry about this if it does get derailed again since they'd be out of office. Seems to me everything and then some that killed the Hulsizer deal last year is here to do the same for the Jamison deal. I mean hell, Jamison doesn't even have his portion of the funding yet.

It gets better: So not only are they committing to spend money they don't have in the future, they're already on the hook for repaying in the future money they don't have to cover bills they can't pay today. This is beyond farce. Time to move the team. It's mind boggling as to why they're hanging on to the team. They're hemorrhaging money they don't have and would lose far less if they let the team go and just imploded their mistake of an arena.

He's not going to retrofit his brand new arena.

Well, it is the Post. So, massive grain of salt. But still, it would be welcome news. Would it? Nassau may be old, but at least it's designed for hockey. Barclay's can't host hockey on more than a one off basis with how crappy the hockey set up will be.

Where does it say that? Only thing I saw was that the city would like them to change the name, not that it actually was going to happen. Not sure what they think that would accomplish either. Glendale is still BFE.

Goldwater please sue, Goldwater please sue, Goldwater please sue!

But have they agreed to pay him the upfront cash to buy the team. I believe it was what $40 million that Jamison was looking for to buy them? Also shocked they've approved the 17 million, it's beyond stupid. I can't wait for the upcoming GWI lawsuit.

Oakland! Couldn't resist A couple of cities come to mind: Santa Rosa or Salinas It's not THAT far fetched. Still there's actually no reason the San Jose Giants have to move anywhere. Wolff has said he won't force them out and unless he does they're not obligated to move.

Problem is money. Who would pay for it? Oakland has less than nothing to contribute and the A's ownership and MLB have shown no interest in privately building on the current Coliseum Complex site. They want to be in a downtown, namely San Jose's. Yes, no interest. Wolff has publicly stated repeatedly that his goal is to build a ballpark in the A's current Bay Area market. Not out of state or out of region. If San Jose is denied that may change, but for now with the status quo the A's aren't going anywhere outside the Bay Area.

There is no news about the A's possible relocation because no one is actually talking about the A's relocating. Selig made an off the cuff comment that the press then ran in a thousand different directions with and sensationalized the hell out of. End of story. The A's aren't moving anywhere outside their current Bay Area home, have no interest in doing so, and MLB has not approved any such move. End of story.

Begs the question, why don't they. They'd have to spend 92 million under this plan, plus the 25 they've already spent. They're already well on their way to full ownership of the team at 170 mil. Which is why this plan is so asinine. Jamison isn't buying the team, Glendale is and then gifting it to him.

Jamison. And it's not really a tentative deal. It requires the city to provide Jamison with over 92 million dollars in "management fees." It's essentially the same deal that Hulsizer tried to buy the team under last year. The same plan that the Goldwater Institute and taxpayers rightly threatened to tie up in court for years. They would presumably do the same again this time. So this "deal" is already DOA. It's just another excuse to keep selling readily available playoff tickets to a region that couldn't care less... http://www.fieldofschemes.com/news/archives/2012/05/4941_coyotes_sold_ma.html

Only in his mind will that arena host hockey.

That would require an NBA team in Seattle, which doesn't seem forthcoming with no real NBA options right now.

Hopefully not. This travesty has gone on long enough. That and I can't see any politician that's not ready to commit career suicide raising any tax rate to the highest in the nation to line the pockets of a rich guy. Unless 4 members of the Glendale city council don't like their jobs there's no way they raise taxes to keep the team.

How the hell can they justify that? Property and sales tax hikes while they're pissing money away to a hockey team that shouldn't be there? Wonder how long the current council will be in place until they're voted out.

Can't believe the COG is going to pay them anything. But it looks like the floor is 11 million which is what the mayor is offering. The team still wants 20+.

So he'd want 56 million from them next year in addition to the 25 they already owe and can't pay? Sounds like a deal that is dead already to me. And what percentage of the team would Glendale get for their 40 million? 0% presumably...

*BYU joins Big 12* We'll see.

Probably because you'd only be able to see the opposite end of the ice due to the location of the rink and the pitch of the stands. There's "limited" view, and then there's "really f'ing limited" view. Those would likely fall into the latter category. True. But still, that is the :censored:tiest setup I've ever seen for hockey. Now I really hope the Isles don't move there. There's no way they move there with that limited a view from 1/5th of the usable arena. Looks like it's Nassau or bust for the time being in the NY area.

Maybe, but the NBA having a team in play would definitely give the NHL reason to consider Seattle. As it does appear the Kings may be in trouble again in Sac, mainly the doing of their own inept owners.

Regardless of why they built the arena to start or why they bothered to plop down $25 mil last year, it sure does look like even the delusional mayor is tired of it. I think the NHL is going to find the well has run dry this year if they try for another $25 mil. And with no subsidy, they've no reason left to keep the team in Phoenix beyond Gary's ego (and even his ego must have limits... right?)