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Originally Posted by mattreedah
I’ll believe the Tempe deal when I see it. The ownership and stadium situation with the Coyotes continues to be a (25 year) cluster-cuss, but if they were to move it’d probably be to Quebec or Houston according to reports and not SLC. The most realistic option for Utah to get a team is MLB and that is (of course) a long shot.
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I know the Yotes history well, I've lived in Phoenix for a long time but spend time in SLC as well.
If you follow them at all you know the new owner Alex Meruelo is a billionaire developer who bought the team in 2019, this is the first strong financial ownership situation they've had since moving to Arizona. His company has quite the track record in development, he owns the Sahara in Vegas among other things, he is certainly not someone I'd bet against to get this project done. If they were requesting major public subsidizes I'd agree that it's a long shot but their proposed plan is privately funded.