Glendale city official: 'Gary Bettman is either misinformed or he's a liar'

Kevin Phelps, city manager for Glendale, says the city never forced the Coyotes' hand when it came to negotiating a long-term lease for the Gila River Arena

The Arizona Coyotes will play the rest of this season at the Gila River Arena before moving to a 5,000-seat arena at Arizona State University.

In one corner, you have Gary Bettman, the commissioner of a professional league with annual revenues of $5 billion, claiming that one of his teams was strongarmed into accepting a long-term agreement that never ma…