The demise of the potential arena development partnership between the Arizona Coyotes and Arizona State University left many Arizona fans in a state of bewilderment and exasperation. But one of the Coyotes’ allies in the State Legislature is doing his best to ameliorate the frustration as quickly as possible.
A bill in the Arizona State Senate that would create a special funding district in which an arena could be built cleared an early procedural hurdle when it was approved 6-1 in the Arizona State Senate’s Transportation and Technology Committee. The bill is sponsored by State Senator Bob Worsley, the chairman of the committee and the state senator for Legislative District 25, which includes a substantial portion of the City of Mesa.