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AEG Facilities Now In Charge Of Gilda River Arena

04/27/2016 at 6:10am EDT

from Paul Giblin of azcentral.com,

The Glendale City Council placed the city's reputation as a big league hockey and entertainment mecca into the trust of arena-management firm AEG Facilities on Tuesday night.

The council voted 7-0 to approve a $28 million, five-year contract with the Los Angeles-based company to run Gila River Arena.

Glendale officials directed AEG Facilities executives to fill the venue at the Westgate Entertainment District with concerts and, more importantly, repair the city's battered relationship with the Arizona Coyotes.

Coyotes President Anthony LeBlanc has said repeatedly for months that the hockey team's owners are exploring options to relocate to a new arena in Phoenix, Tempe or elsewhere in metropolitan Phoenix.

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Below, a statement from the Coyotes...

GLENDALE ARIZONA --Arizona Coyotes President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc issued the following statement today regarding the City of Glendale's approval of its arena management agreement with AEG.

"AEG is a company we know well and are in fact partners in the National Hockey League. We look forward to working with them, and will now await official notice from the City of their plans to transfer management of the arena. At that point, we will begin the 90 days (or less) transfer process. The Coyotes are committed to playing the 2016-17 NHL regular season at Gila River Arena and remain focused on securing a long term arena solution in the Valley that is based upon a true partnership."

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