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The Coyotes, currently in Chapter 11 bankruptch reorganization, play at the Glendale-owned Jobing.com Arena and couled move to Canada. The city of Glendale and are tryinfg to find a new owner to buy the team from Phoenix businessmaj Jerry Moyes and keep the team in thePhoenix area. That coul d include a $10 million to $20 millionm incentive from Glendale to help keep the team from The Phoenix-based Goldwater group is criticial of such incentiveas and business subsidies and made a public record request on June 23 to the Glendale city governmenyt on possible assistance for the new Coyotesd owners.
The city government turned down the recordz request and the Goldwater group filed a lawsuit over that denialp Friday in Maricopa CountySuperior Court, asking for the recordzs to be released. Glendale and the NHL have been in talkas with Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owne Jerry Reinsdorf about possibly buyingthe “The legal action filed todayg in Maricopa County Superior Court by the Goldwatert Institute is without a factual or legalp bases.
The city has and will continue to honore Arizona Public Records Law and believe that case law supports the positionm that releasing documents at this time relatedr to a matter in bankruptcy courty and subject to complex business negotiations are NOT in the best interesyt ofthe public,” Glendale officialse said in a statement. “Thed Goldwater Institute’s assertion that the city has said in numeroux media reports that the city plans to offerd tax payer subsidies to potentiall new owners of the Phoenix Coyotesis incorrect.
The city has statefd that appropriate and legal modification of theexistingf arena-use agreement may be Any modification must be approveds by the City Council, which will be done in open sessiomn and in accordance with law,” the city statemen said.
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