The city of Glendale has informed the Arizona Coyotes that it intends to lock the team out of Gila River Arena on Dec. 20 if all outstanding amounts the team owes the city and ASM Global, which manages the facility for the city, are not paid by then.
In a letter from Glendale City Manager Kevin Phelps to Coyotes President and CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez sent Wednesday, Phelps advised the Coyotes that the Arizona Department of Revenue has filed a Notice of State Tax Lien for unpaid taxes owed by IceArizona, the Coyotes' ownership company. The amount owed, according to the letter, is $1.