Coyotes Eyeing Prime State Land for New Rink

The Arizona Coyotes have been playing games at ASU’s hockey rink since leaving its Glendale rink. From 2003 to 2022, the team played at the city-owned arena in Glendale, now known as Desert Diamond Arena, until city leaders discontinued the lease with the Coyotes.

The Phoenix Business Journal reports it is starting to look like the Coyotes may have found their permanent home. The team applied for a state trust land auction for 110 acres at the northwest corner of Loop 101 and Scottsdale Road. The site has been appraised at $68.5 million. The Arizona State Land Department has approved a land auction that could pave the way for the Arizona Coyotes to build their hockey arena in the city of Phoenix.

The property is currently zoned by the city of Phoenix for commercial mixed-use, meaning the team could buy the land and build an arena, restaurants, retail shops and offices in the space without approval by the Phoenix City Council, thus avoiding any decision from the council going to a public referendum vote.