Wednesday, June 22, 2016

NHL governors expected to vote on Las Vegas expansion (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this April 7, 2015, file photo, construction workers eat lunch by an MGM arena being built behind the New York-New York casino-hotel in Las Vegas. Hockey fans and civic boosters are getting excited at the prospect of the NHL coming to Las Vegas. A person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that the league has settled on the entertainment capital as the home for its next expansion team, provided organizers can come up with a $500 million fee.(AP Photo/John Locher, FIle)

The NHL Board of Governors is scheduled to meet Wednesday and expected to vote on whether to award an expansion franchise to Las Vegas. The franchise, which wouldn't begin to play until the 2017-18 season, would be the NHL's 31st team and the first major professional sports team in Las Vegas. The NHL hasn't expanded since 2000, when Minnesota and Columbus paid $80 million each to join the league.


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