Attempt to block Coyotes hockey deal fails again

CoyotesBy Caitlin McGlade  | The Arizona Republic

The third attempt to allow Glendale residents to vote on a multimillion-dollar hockey deal failed.

Organizer Ken Jones said this was likely his last attempt to block the agree­ment. Jones needed to collect nearly 7,000 signatures by Friday to put the deal on the ballot. He estimated that he and his 25 volunteers collected about three­quarters of that. Jones pulled referendum papers in July, shortly after the City Council ap­proved the deal to keep the Coyotes in town. The contract requires the city to pay the buyers, IceArizona, $15 million a year to manage Jobing.com Arena, with the expectation the city will get back $8 million to $11 million in revenue.

The National Hockey League expects to finalize the sale today. The Goldwater Institute, which has opposed a city hockey deal, announced in July that it wouldn’t take legal action.

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