By Peter Corbett | The Arizona Republic
A fast-track search for a new manager for Gila River Arena is not sitting well with the Arizona Coyotes.
The Glendale City Council on Tuesday voted to hire Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC as a consultant to seek bidders to manage the arena, with the manager taking over as early as July 2016. IceArizona, the Coyotes’ ownership group, has overseen the arena the past two years.
The move comes after the Coyotes and Glendale reached a settlement six weeks ago in a high-profile legal dispute that ended the city’s 15-year, $225 million deal with the team and replaced it with a two-year agreement for the Coyotes to play in Glendale.