ALLIED WASTE ON BOARD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, October 6, 2003

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - Phoenix Coyotes Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales and Broadcasting Dave Groff announced today that the Coyotes and Allied Waste Industries have signed a multi-year agreement making the company a founding partner and the official and exclusive waste management provider of the Phoenix Coyotes and Glendale Arena. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

“We are very pleased to name Allied Waste as one of the Founding Partners of Glendale Arena,” said Groff. “The Coyotes are excited to have a partnership of this magnitude with one of the largest public companies based in the Valley.  We are proud that they chose Glendale Arena as a platform to integrate themselves further in the community.

As part of the agreement, Allied Waste’s local operation, Paradise Waste, will receive the naming rights to the Ice Level Lounge in Glendale Arena. The lounge will be named “Paradise Lounge” after one of Allied Waste’s companies. The deal will also include signage, print, hospitality, and charitable elements. In addition, Allied Waste will be the presenting sponsor of the Coyotes Charities 8th Annual Face-off Luncheon.

“We are excited about our partnership with the Phoenix Coyotes and Glendale Arena,” said Tom Van Weelden, Chairman and CEO of Allied Waste.   “As a part of the greater Phoenix corporate community for over ten years, we are proud to have the Allied Waste and Paradise Waste names associated with a first-class organization and this state-of-the-art entertainment facility.”

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., a leader in the solid waste industry, provides collection, recycling and disposal services to nearly 10 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in the United States.  With revenues of $5.5 billion and assets of nearly $14 billion, Allied Waste has operations in 118 major markets within 39 states and is ArizonaÂ’s second largest public company.  As of June 30, 2003 the Company operated 333 collection companies, 171 transfer stations, 171 active landfills and 64 recycling facilities.