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===Hockey=== Following the demise of the proposed move of the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972β96)|Winnipeg Jets]] to [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]], Colangelo was involved in bringing the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) to Arizona, successfully convincing the team's ownership to relocate the franchise to the area as the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] in 1996. At the time, the move made Phoenix one of 13 [[U.S. cities with teams from four major sports|metropolitan areas with franchises in all four major North American professional sports leagues]]. The Coyotes played in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe at Arizona State University facilities prior to the team's hockey assets sale to Utah-based group in 2024.
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