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AHL's Tucson Roadrunners could move to Reno, report says
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Could Arizona soon lose another hockey team?
According to a report, Alex Meruelo, the owner of the Tucson Roadrunners and likely soon-to-be former owner of the Arizona Coyotes brand, plans to relocate the Roadrunners to Reno, Nevada, when a new arena is completed for the American Hockey League franchise .
The report, from Barry M. Bloom of Sporticosaid: “Meruelo told his staff Monday that he will no longer build a new arena to house the (NHL's Coyotes) in the Phoenix area, and that the franchise should be dissolved within a month. Meruelo will keep the minor league Roadrunners , who will now play their entire … home schedule in Tucson, Arizona, before ultimately moving to a new arena when it is completed in Reno, Nevada.”
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The Roadrunners, who served as a minor league team for the Coyotes, play at the Tucson Convention Center Arena.
Earlier this week, the team announced that all 36 games next season would be played at their home stadium in Tucson, after it was reported that six Roadrunners games would be played at Mullett Arena in Tempe after the Coyotes vacated the stadium following their move to Utah.
After selling the assets of the Arizona Coyotes franchise for relocation to Utah, Meruelo reached a deal with the NHL that would have given him the opportunity to bring back the Coyotes franchise as an NHL expansion team if he could build a suitable arena within five years. Meruelo retained the Coyotes brand as part of the deal.
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Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports reported Monday that Meruelo is abandoning his pursuit of a new stadium for the NHL franchise and relinquishing ownership of the team.
Bloom reported that Meruelo was expected to return the NHL team's naming rights and branding to the league, writing: “Meruelo is expected to relinquish the team's brands, logo, name and rights to returns the Phoenix area to the NHL, which he retained in April when the NHL facilitated a sale of the franchise.”
Last year, Meruelo announced plans for one 10,000-seat arena in Reno as part of an entertainment complex in the city, with the arena described as “the centerpiece of this visionary project is a state-of-the-art arena, designed to host a variety of events such as concerts, special events, basketball games and other sports, with a seating capacity of over 10,000. The arena spans approximately 300,000 square feet and offers modern amenities including suites and premium hospitality clubs.”
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The Roadrunners have played in the 6,500-plus seat Tucson Arena on the downtown TCC campus since 2016 and typically draw about 4,000 fans per game.
The expectation is that the team will begin playing in Reno as soon as the fall of 2026, when the new building is completed.
Last month, the Rio Neuvo board approved a new financial deal aimed at keeping the Roadrunners playing in Tucson for at least three more years, with the Arizona Daily Star reporting that “the board voted to pay half the rent and about 18 months of tenure, amounts that would amount to about $180,000 and $60,000 annually, respectively, to entice the American Hockey League's Tucson Roadrunners to continue playing the majority of their games at the Tucson Convention Center for the next three years or more.”
Charles Borla wrote in his story for the Star: “The team has 'felt the love they have in Tucson,' Roadrunners president Bob Hoffman told the board. He said the team's owners 'want to continue to call Tucson home.'”
The Sportico report now appears to cast doubt on that claim and the future of professional hockey in Arizona.
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