LIMITED VIEW SEATS HAVE COYOTES HOWLING FOR ALTERATIONS

          Coyotes President Shawn Hunter told the Phoenix City
     Council yesterday that the 4,000 "limited view" seats in
     America West Arena are "too many for the team to be
     competitive," according to Chris Fiscus of the ARIZONA
     REPUBLIC.  Hunter said that 26% of the arena's 16,000 seats
     for hockey have limited views, which means the team "has to
     drop the price it charges for those seats, and overprice
     other seats."  The Council OK'd a plan to contract a
     architectural firm to come up with options for improving the
     facility, with the goal to have a firm in place "by early
     next year."  Hunter said that if the seating issue is
     improved and the percentage of limited view seats is dropped
     to "under" 10% "or so," the team would "consider a long-term
     arrangement at the arena" (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 12/10).