Is that why the NHL Coyotes are now the "Arizona" Coyotes instead of the "Phoenix" Coyotes?
No, you idiot.
I used the word “identified” because if you ask someone unfamiliar with the valley, where the Cardinals and the Coyotes play their home games, the answer is PHOENIX.
As Professor Gill used to say READ, do not assume.
No that changed before the move. Much like the Phoenix Cardinals name change, they realized a lot of the state doesn’t actually like Phoenix and thought that people from outside of Phoenix (Tucson specifically) were not coming to the games because of it. Didn’t really pan out in either case. And moving both teams to Glendale didn’t help, being as it’s on the far north end of Phoenix and basically another hour away.