Report: NHL could be exploring ‘Plan B’ for Coyotes
Mar 22, 2012, 4:34 PM | Updated: 5:37 pm
Whether it’s legitimate, or just another report from the
Canadian press predicting the impending demise of the
Phoenix Coyotes’ future in the desert, another report on
the matter has surfaced.
Darren Dreger of TSN tweeted the following Wednesday
evening:
Unless progress is made this week in sale of
Coyotes.NHL will begin Plan B investigation next wk.
Seattle, Que City, Vegas and KC in mix.— Darren
Dreger (@DarrenDreger) March
22, 2012
and then…
2-3
groups still in mix to buy Yotes and more could emerge,
but Plan B has to be given consideration.—
Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) March
22, 2012
All three cities mentioned by Dreger have workable arena
situations. Quebec City has Colisée Pepsi, which opened
in the late 40s, and housed the NHL’s Nordiques until
their move to Colorado following the 1995 season. And, a
new state-of-the art 18,000-seat arena is scheduled to be
open in 2015.
The Sprint Center in Kansas City holds over 17,000 for
hockey, and Las Vegas has several options for NHL teams,
including the Thomas and Mack Center and MGM Grand Garden
Arena, which has played home to preseason dates for the
Los Angeles Kings since 1997.
