NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman wants a change of scenery for the Arizona Coyotes.

Bettman wrote a letter to the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday and was adamant that the Coyotes cannot be profitable at their current location, the Gila River Arena in Glendale.

The commissioner lobbied for the state to pass Senate Bill 1149, a public-private partnership that would, in part, finance a new arena for the team closer to downtown Phoenix.

"The Coyotes current location is not economically capable of supporting a successful NHL franchise, Bettman wrote in the letter. "For the past 15 years a succession of ownership groups have tried everything imaginable to make the Glendale location financial sustainable. Our combined efforts have all yielded the same result - a consistent economic loss.

"The simple truth: The Arizona Coyotes must have a new arena location to succeed. The Coyotes cannot and will not remain in Glendale."

The Coyotes are 23-35-7 this season and sit last in the Pacific Division. Arizona hasn't made the playoffs since 2012.

"I urge you to support SB 1149," Bettman wrote. "While representatives of the Coyotes last week met once again with the City of Glendale, nothing offered in that meeting changed the fact that Glendale will not work for the team or for the NHL."