The decision from the NHL on whether Las Vegas will be awarded an expansion team probably will have to wait until next year.
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It hasn’t been announced yet, but the odds are pretty good that Las Vegas will get an NHL franchise sometime this winter. If that happens, we keep hearing from prospective owner Bill Foley that he really likes “Black Knights” for a team name.
Bill Foley doesn’t have an NHL team, but his employees will have some pretty swank offices if the league grants Las Vegas an expansion franchise.
After a busy summer off the ice with a major rule change for overtime and serious discussion about expansion to Las Vegas, it’s time for the NHL to get busy on the ice.
He has won two Stanley Cups and a pair of Olympic gold medals. Now Drew Doughty gets to win something else — the respect of his teammates in the Los Angeles Kings’ locker room.
For the past two decades, the Los Angeles Kings have claimed Las Vegas as part of their hockey universe. But with Bill Foley looking to bring Las Vegas an NHL team of its own, it probably means the Kings will have to settle for regular-season visits to the valley, perhaps as early as 2017.
The value of the Canadian one dollar coin, aka the loonie, has dropped like crazy in recent months. But that didn’t stop the group trying to bring back an NHL team to Quebec City from stressing to the league Tuesday that the city’s economy is in much better shape than it was in 1995, when the Quebec Nordiques bolted for Colorado and became the Avalanche.
When it comes time to officially introduce Las Vegas as an NHL expansion city, Las Vegas must stage the sort of unforgettable celebration only it can deliver. It should blow the thing out.
Now the wait begins. Bill Foley, the billionaire businessman who is attempting to bring major league professional sports to Las Vegas, sold his vision for an NHL franchise for the city Tuesday. He met with the NHL Board of Governors Executive Committee in New York, as did a group from Quebec City.
Bill Foley gets to play salesman Tuesday. And it shouldn’t be that tough of a sell.
Prospective NHL team owner Bill Foley said he does not anticipate the National Hockey League awarding Las Vegas a new franchise at league meetings next week.
The AEG-MGM arena construction is underway. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the $375 million arena’s floor pouring.
Businessman Bill Foley’s bid for a National Hockey League team in Las Vegas has reportedly moved to the next phase of consideration. The NHL will continue evaluating Foley’s business plan for a franchise, which could potentially start playing at the new $375 million MGM Resorts International-AEG arena on the Strip by the 2017-18 season.
Toronto native Daniel Negreanu — poker’s all-time leading money winner with more than $30 million in career earnings — wants to buy a slice of Las Vegas’ NHL expansion franchise if, as expected, the city is awarded one.
Bill Foley’s application to the National Hockey League for a new franchise in Las Vegas has moved to the next stage as Foley will now submit information about the Las Vegas market to the league.
A recent Wall Street Journal poll of leading economists put the probability of the United States going into recession over the next 12 months at 63 percent. Conventional wisdom is that the Federal Reserve Bank will continue raising interest rates to combat stubborn high inflation, thereby slowing the economy and causing gross domestic product to […]
The Golden Knights traded winger Nikita Gusev for a 2020 third round pick and a 2021 second pick.
The 37-year-old defenseman is excited to stay in Las Vegas after signing a one-year, $700,000 contract that can reach up to $1.5 million with incentives.
Do you know what it takes to become a member of the Vegas Golden Aces?
The one-year deal for the 37-year-old has a base salary of $700,000 and can reach up to $1.5 million, his base salary last season, with incentives.
