 In addition, the club's home arena, Winnipeg Arena, was one of the smallest in the league.Despite strong fan support, several attempts to keep the team in Winnipeg fell through.In December 1995, Jerry Colangelo, owner of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns; Phoenix businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke; and a local investor group purchased the team with plans to move it to Phoenix for the 1996–97 season.