- Editor's note: Sheng Peng will be a regular contributor to NBC Sports California's Sharks coverage for the 2021-22 season. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
The Arizona Coyotes keep taking L’s.
And not just on the ice, where the Coyotes, at 12-32-4, are the second-worst team in the NHL.
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Nope, a little more closer to home, or where they’re going to be playing for the next few years.
On Monday, the Coyotes confirmed that they had reached a multi-year pact with Arizona State University to play at the Sun Devils’ new multi-purpose arena in Tempe, set to debut in the fall of 2022. This was after the city of Glendale and Gila River Arena, where the Yotes currently reside, decided not to renew their operating agreement past the 2021–22 season.
Seating capacity? About 5,000. That’s right: 5,000.
To put that figure in perspective, at the moment, the average NHL arena has a capacity of 18,411. SAP Center, where the San Jose Sharks play, seats 17,562. Canada Life Centre, where the Winnipeg Jets play, seats a current NHL-low 15,004.
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This would be 10,000 seats less.