Glendale has hired a former NHL and MLB team president as a consultant to help with its long-overdue audit of the Arizona Coyotes’ financial records.
Tony Tavares, former president of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Los Angeles Angels, will be paid $45,000 to help Glendale conduct an audit of the Coyotes’ finances. That will include reviewing ticket-surcharge and parking revenue for Gila River Arena and determining whether the organization lost money in the first year of a 15-year, $225 millionagreement with the city.
Tavares was also involved with Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf in 2011 when he was trying to purchase the Coyotes from the NHL.
