City of Glendale responds to accusations from Bettman that it has agenda when dealing with Coyotes
The Arizona Coyotes continue to show that they are a struggling franchise in the NHL and new information released from the city of Glendale on Friday is not helping their case.
According to The Athletic's Katie Strang, she reached out to the City of Glendale manager Kevin Phelps for information on Gary Bettman's comments that Glendale has "an agenda" to deal with the Coyotes.
Phelps did not seem too happy about Bettman's comments.
"If Mr. Bettman and others want to believe that not filing 17 monthly tax returns was due to human error, then so be it. As a reminder this was the same excuse the team used when they failed to pay some of their employees in a timely manner. Glendale does not have an agenda. We just want assurances that the team pay all of their obligations to the city in a timely manner."
Along with this, the city's approach is not changing, and Phelps hopes the team will pay the bills fully before further action must be taken.
"Our approach is based on our actual experiences with the team. Perhaps the League will be willing to guarantee that the city is fully paid by June 30th, 2022."
Strang also claims to have asked the league if they were willing to guarantee any future liabilities for the Coyotes, but they did not respond.
It seems that there may be more going on behind the scenes in this situation than what was previously thought. Hopefully for the sake of the organization, they can figure something out or else relocation or finding a new home arena seems imminent.
Reached out to City of Glendale manager Kevin Phelps for comment on Gary Bettman's comments that Glendale has an agenda in dealing w/ Coyotes. His response:
"If Mr. Bettman and others want to believe that not filing 17 monthly tax returns was due to human error, then so be it ..� Katie Strang (@KatieJStrang) December 10, 2021
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