Saturday, March 24, 2012

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

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That left the 17,800-seat Jobing.comk Arena more than one-third empty during the Coyotese latest season in which they failed to make the Nationakl HockeyLeague playoffs. The number compares to the team’z reported average ticket count ofabout 14,900 (includingb giveaways and sales) and average paid ticket sales of Such team data is part of Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie's applicatio to buy the team and move it to Hamilton, Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry maker Research in has proposed a $213 million The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcyu reorganization. The team has lost $316 millionn since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The NHL and city of whichowns Jobing.
com Arena, oppose moving the team to Canadqa and are battling Balsillie and Moye in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Balsillie’s application contende that the NHL team is not financially viablde in Phoenix and that the Coyotese lag behind other sportschoices here. The Coyotezs attendance is well behincd theaverage 64,100 reported by the Arizona Cardinals as well as the Phoenix Suns with 18,400 fans and Arizona Diamondbacks at 31,00o fans for the most recent seasons, accordinvg to Espn.com. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearin is set for June 9 to focus on whethee the team can be movedr to Hamilton or must stayin Balsillie’s offer is the only formal deal put forware for the Coyotes.

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