Arizona Coyotes president Xavier Gutierrez gave an update and timetable regarding the team's search for a new arena.

Ahead of the Arizona Coyotes home opener on Saturday afternoon, team president Xavier Gutierrez spoke with Fox 10 Phoenix and gave an update regarding the search for a new arena.

The Coyotes are set to kick off their second season at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona but the team is still committed to finding a permanent home in the Valley.

“We've been very public that this is where we want to be,” Gutierrez said. “Alex Meruelo, the owner and governor, sent out a letter confirming and affirming our real commitment to being here. We are very much in the throes of looking at multiple options. You've talked about a Mesa site that became public but there's multiple sites.

“We know that within the next call it 60 days, there's going to be some public announcement. We've committed to the NHL that we will resolve this issue by the end of the first quarter, probably by mid season.”

The Coyotes search for a new arena has been very public and well known. The team planned to build a sports and entertainment district in Tempe before that proposal was ultimately rejected in a special election vote on May 16.

Gutierrez reaffirmed that their future arena plan will not affect local taxpayers and dove into what he wants to see in a new site.

“This is where we want to be, we want to pay for it, we don't want to take any taxpayer dollars,” Gutierrez said. “It would be the first first time in Arizona history where we would do that and we really want to do something that's a landmark that will have all the uses. We talked about when we proposed a site in Tempe, in terms of an arena, practice facility, hotels, restaurants, shops, and we're excited about it.”

It will be interesting to see what goes down over the next couple of months but expect an announcement regarding the Coyotes future plans sooner rather than later.