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Hockey Arena May Skate from Scottsdale Over to Tempe

PHOENIX--Months of frustrating negotiations with city officials in Scottsdale has developer Steve Ellman ready to relocate his $575-million mixed-use project to the shores of Tempe Town Lake.

By D.J. Burrough | Updated on October 18, 2000

PHOENIX–Frustrated and tired of months of political wrangling, the developer of a $575-million mixed-use project that is anchored by a professional hockey arena says he may not build it in Scottsdale after all. He is currently talking with Tempe officials about putting it there instead.

Developer Steve Ellman says he met with Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano and some of the city’s economic development team to pitch them on the idea of having the facility along the shores of the Tempe Town Lake, a two-mile long lake near downtown Tempe and Arizona State University. Ellman says the new arena could also be used by the ASU basketball team and for other indoor sports.

“We’re talking to a lot of people,” Ellman says. “We’re going to get the best deal for the Phoenix Coyotes and the taxpayers. We’re still committed to Scottsdale, but the city council is making it tough.” If located in Tempe, the arena-anchored complex would be built on land between Rural Road and Mill Avenue, on a parcel that is almost entirely owned by ASU.

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