SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale Mayor David Ortega is telling the Arizona Coyotes that the team is not welcome to bring their proposed arena to the northern edge of Scottsdale.
The NHL team is eying a
95-acre parcel of state-owned land near Scottsdale Road and Loop 101 that sits within the Phoenix city limits. The minimum sale price for the land has been estimated to be $68.5 million.
In an editorial released Monday, Ortega said the proposed arena is not "feasible" and should stay far away from Scottsdale because the mayor will not support the endeavor.
"As it stands today, the fantasy hockey project must move west, away from Scottsdale," Ortega wrote.
The mayor highlights how there's no infrastructure west of Scottsdale Road in this area so he's demanding that any infrastructure must be pulled from Phoenix because Scottsdale has no available water assets to spare.