Gila River Arena opened as Glendale Arena on Dec. Terms of the nine-year naming rights deal between the team and Gila River Casinos / Gila River Indian Community were not released. We feel that we can help each other… When we took ownership, it became evident that they were really the group that we wanted to work with to put their name on our building.”
“It’s the culmination of many months working to ensure that we have a naming rights partner that we feel proud of. “This is an exciting day for us,” Anthony LeBlanc, the team’s Co-Owner, President and CEO, said at the press conference. The Coyotes ownership unveiled the new name at a press conference yesterday. Another cog in the new look for the Arizona Coyotes (NHL): the former J Arena has a new name, as a naming rights deal led to a new moniker, Gila River Arena.
