The team's hopes of escaping NHL purgatory took a hit Friday.
moved to Salt Lake City in April, there remained hope for the continued existence of NHL hockey in the Phoenix area. While theacquired the Coyotes' on-ice assets, Arizona's name and identity remained owned by businessman Alex Meruelo in a sports version of suspended animation.The Arizona State Land Department has canceled a land auction that had been deemed crucial to Arizona's chances of constructing a new arena, the government agency announced Friday.
“After much consideration, the Arizona State Land Department has determined that it is in the best interest of the Trust to cancel the auction and reorder the steps,” the departmentin a release. “ASLD recently confirmed that the proposed arena use will require a Special Use Permit, and as a result we are requesting that the applicant file for and receive a Special Use Permit prior to the auction.
The auction—scheduled for Thursday—had been seen as step one toward finding a new home for the Coyotes. Miracle Development, Arizona's development, had been listed as the only applicant. Though the Coyotes' comeback attempt isn't dead yet, Arizona will now need to find a new land deal with the clock ticking.
"There is no land acquisition milestone, per se, but there is a land acquisition and 50-percent completion milestone in order to deliver reactivation notice, which must happen prior to December 31, 2027," deputy NHL commissioner Bill Daly told Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports in aPatrick Andres has been a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated since 2022. Before SI, his work appeared in The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword, and Diamond Digest.
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