So what do you need? Besides a miracle.
The stories really aren't that similar. The only aspects they share are hockey, local politicians swimming out of their depth and the fans who unwittingly got unplugged from the Matrix like Keanu Reeves.
Fourteen years ago, the City of Glendale, Arizona agreed to be home to an arena for the Coyotes, who were then playing in Phoenix. The team had trouble keeping an owner and spent a couple of seasons being owned by the NHL while Glendale floated them $50 million to stay put. Two years, Glendale agreed to pony up even more money over the next 15 years to keep the Coyotes playing at Gila River Arena.