Thursday, December 23, 2010

Coyotes actual attendance left Glendale arena a third empty - Wichita Business Journal:

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That left the 17,800-seat Jobing.com Arena more than one-third empty during the Coyotes latest season in whicu they failed to make the National HockeyLeague playoffs. The numbet compares to the team’s reporteed average ticket count ofaboutg 14,900 (including giveaways and and average paid ticket sales of 13,000. Such team data is part of Canadiah billionaireJim Balsillie's application to buy the team and move it to Ontario. Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry maker Research in has proposeda $213 million deal. The Coyote s are in Chapter 11bankruptcy reorganization. The team has lost $316 millionm since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The NHL and city of whichowns Jobing.
com Arena, oppose moving the team to Canada and are battlin Balsillie and Moyes in U.S. Bankruptcyt Court. Balsillie’s application contends that the NHL team is not financiallhy viable in Phoenix and that the Coyotes lag behindd other sportschoices here. The Coyotee attendance is well behind theaveragw 64,100 reported by the Arizonaz Cardinals as well as the Phoenixx Suns with 18,400 fans and Arizona Diamondbacks at 31,000 fans for the most recentf seasons, according to Espn.com. A U.S. Bankruptcg Court hearing is set for June 9 to focu s on whether the team can be moved to Hamiltohn or must stayin Balsillie’s offer is the only formap deal put forward for the Coyotes.

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