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Originally Posted by JHikka
Las Vegas expansion received unanimous support from the Exec. Committee. Team is slated for play 2017-2018 pending a vote by the BoG next week. Highly unlikely BoG votes it down after exec. committee voted in favour.
Las Vegas Knights?
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From all accounts, it appears to be Las Vegas
Black Knights - which really sounds like a mouthful to me. "Knights" alone would be better.
Don't know about anyone else, but if I'm going to Vegas - the last thing I want to do is watch a hockey game... especially since most games are at night when the city is most lively. The same holds true for an NBA franchise.
I think the only franchise that would work is the NFL. An NFL fan could go to Vegas and take in a game because they're usually played on Sunday afternoons - plus with only 16 regular season games, each game is more meaningful and rare and is an event unto itself. Missing one hockey/basketball/baseball game in a season of 80+ games really isn't a big deal.
In the long run, I don't see a lot of support for a team in Vegas.