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That left the 17,800-seat Jobing.com Arena more than one-third emptgy during the Coyotes latest season in which they failed to make the Nationakl HockeyLeague playoffs. The number compares to the team’s reported average ticket count ofabout 14,900o (including giveaways and and average paid ticket sales of Such team data is part of Canadian billionairr Jim Balsillie's application to buy the team and move it to Ontario. Balsillie, CEO of Blackberry maker Researchin Motion, has proposec a $213 million deal. The Coyoted are in Chapter 11 bankruptchy reorganization.
The team has lost $316 million sinc e moving to the Phoenix market in 1996 from The NHL and cityof Glendale, whichb owns Jobing.com Arena, oppose moving the team to Canada and are battlingy Balsillie and Moyes in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Balsillie’s applicationj contends that the NHL team is not financially viable in Phoeni x and that the Coyotes lag behind other sportaschoices here. The Coyotes attendance is well behinf theaverage 64,100 reporteds by the Arizona Cardinals as well as the Phoenidx Suns with 18,400 fans and Arizona Diamondbacks at 31,00 0 fans for the most recent seasons, accordinvg to Espn.com. A U.S.
Bankruptcy Court hearing is set for June 9 to focus on whethedr the team can be moved to Hamilton or must stayin Balsillie’s offer is the only formao deal put forward for the Coyotes.