If Vegas puts a decent product on the ice they’ll be successful. The Yotes have 2 major problems. 1 - they stink, they’ve missed the playoffs most seasons, usually functionally eliminated by the allstar break. 2 - they’re in Scottsdale, that’s a far north suburb of Phoenix, an extra hour away from Tucson and a solid hour away from most of Phoenix, that’s a tough commute to ask for on an NHL schedule (the Cardinals make it work, but 8 homes games a year mostly on Sunday is very different than 41 a year scattered). Early on when the Yotes were merely mediocre and downtown they got the fans, then the quality dropped, then they moved, and now nobody wants to own them.
Actually the Coyotes never moved to Scottsdale. They moved from sharing an arena downtown with the Suns to Glendale on the far west side. Most of the fan-base is in East valley and Scottsdale. The original proposal to build an arena in old town south Scottsdale probably would have been great for the team and fans. Maybe not so much for taxpayers. One of my favorite hockey games ever was watching Jeremy Roenick skate with the police and fireman beer league during the NHL lockout. I heard a rumor he would be at a local rink about 11:30 PM to skate. Maybe there were 30 people watching. He didn’t take any shots that I remember but those players had great memories receiving perfect passes in front of the net.