The relationship between the Arizona Coyotes and the City of Glendale has been fraught with tension since 2009. Now it all appears to be coming to a head.
Wednesday night, the Glendale City Council voted to cancel the Arena Management Contract for Gila River Arena with Renaissance Sports & Entertainment (RSE) that a prior iteration of the City Council agreed to in 2013. The move by Glendale is rooted in A.R.S. 38-511, which reads:
A. The state, its political subdivisions or any department or agency of either may, within three years after its execution, cancel any contract, without penalty or further obligation, made by the state, its political subdivisions, or any of the departments or agencies of either if any person significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting or creating the contract on behalf of the state, its political subdivisions or any of the departments or agencies of either is, at any time while the contract or any extension of the contract is in effect, an employee or agent of any other party to the contract in any capacity or a consultant to any other party of the contract with respect to the subject matter of the contract.