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The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Golden Knights compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Founded in 2017 as an expansion team, the team is the first
The 2017 NHL expansion draft was an expansion draft conducted by the National Hockey League on June 18–20, 2017 to fill the roster of the league's expansion team for the 2017–18 season, the Vegas Golden Knights.
To gauge interest and help determine whether the NHL should entertain further expansion, the NHL Board of Governors accepted applications for new franchises during the 2015 off-season. Two potential ownership groups submitted applications for prospective teams in Las Vegas and Quebec City.
NHL approves Las Vegas expansion team for 2017-18 season. The National Hockey League decided on Wednesday to roll the dice on expanding to Las Vegas, making the league the first to put a major ...
The NHL has selected Las Vegas as their choice for league expansion as early as the 2017-18 season according to the Associated Press.
The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey franchise located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded ahead of the 2017–18 season as an expansion team, they play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] [2] The franchise plays its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in ...
During its construction, T-Mobile Arena was pointed to as the home arena for a possible National Hockey League expansion team in Las Vegas. [24] [25] [26] The expansion bid was approved and announced by the NHL on June 22, 2016; the new team, the Vegas Golden Knights, began play in the 2017–18 season. [22] [27]
On June 22, 2016, the Board of Governors voted 30–0 to add an expansion franchise in Las Vegas for the 2017–18 season, charging an expansion fee of $500 million ($634.8 million today). [1] The Vegas Golden Knights joined the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.