The Arizona Coyotes say they made good on $1.3 million in back taxes Thursday after Glendale gave the team an ultimatum: pay up by Dec. 20 or get locked out of Gila River Arena.
City officials on Wednesday announced they would cancel the team's business license and lock the Coyotes out of the arena if the team did not make good on late payments to the state, the city and ASM Global, the arena management company that operates the venue, by then. The Arizona Department of Revenue slapped the hockey organization with a tax lien on Dec.