Coyotes pay delinquent tax bills to avoid arena eviction

The Phoenix Coyotes person paid their delinquent taxation bills aft the City of Glendale received an eviction announcement for unpaid metropolis and authorities taxes.

According to KNXV and the Sacramento Bee, the Coyotes paid them successful afloat connected Thursday.

The Athletic archetypal reported that the City of Glendale sent the team's owners, IceArizona Hockey, a missive letting them cognize they'd beryllium locked retired of Gila River Arena if they didn't wage much than $1.3 cardinal successful backmost taxes.

They owed the metropolis $250,000, the Associated Press reported.

In a statement, the Coyotes said the delinquent taxation bills were a "result of an unfortunate quality error," the quality outlets reported.

According to KNXV, the metropolis and the squad person a decade-long feud implicit arena operations.

In August, the metropolis informed the National Hockey League that it would not renew its lease statement with the team.