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The Arizona Coyotes potential move to Salt Lake City, Utah has been approved by the NHL's executive committee - a key step to the team leaving the desert.
After giving the franchise as much leeway as possible (some might say much more leeway than necessary) to find a new home, it appears the NHL is fed up with the attempts to try and find a new home - with the executive committee giving the green light for a move to Utah.
In a complicated move, Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo will be selling the team to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith in a deal worth $1.2billion.
But the team will be re-branded in time for the 2024-25 season - with Meruelo retaining the rights to the Coyotes name, logos, and trademarks.
Meruelo will keep these trademarks in the hopes of establishing an expansion franchise in Arizona. He'll continue to pursue building a $3billion
