The Phoenix-based hockey franchise is encountering resistance as they attempt to manage the realm of sports wagering during their interim relocation. As their new stadium is under construction, the team intends to use Arizona State University’s facility for games. They are also eager to maintain the digital betting platform they have at their present location, but there’s a hitch: the legislation mandates that the temporary site must accommodate a minimum of 10,000 spectators, and ASU’s venue only seats 5,000. The Coyotes are contesting whether the statute actually prohibits them from continuing their internet-based betting at the smaller location, and they are displeased with the ambiguity. Andrew Diss, representing the team, likened it to receiving 10 different responses when posing the same inquiry to 10 different attorneys. Further complicating matters, the Coyotes are encountering objections from Indigenous communities who have their own vested interest in the gaming sphere. It appears the Coyotes are mired in a legal and political struggle as they endeavor to sustain their betting enterprise during their temporary shift.
The legal representative for the Arizona Gaming Group contested modifications to legislation enacted in the previous year intended to benefit the Coyotes.
Bradley Bledsoe Downs, acting on behalf of the group, asserted that the Coyotes’ suggested revisions compromise the tribes’ exclusive rights to gaming within Arizona.
He declared:
‘This agreement, reached by the tribes, professional sports organizations, and their respective teams, should not be revisited for amendment less than a year later. Addressing what is essentially a self-created issue… is not a responsibility this entity should undertake.
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