Face-off for the Chicago Blackhawks-Los Angeles Kings game was just minutes away on TV when Gavin Maloof implored the packed house of hockey fans to jump on the Las Vegas NHL ticket deposit bandwagon.
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Fidelity National Financial chairman Bill Foley has hired a growing Las Vegas social media company that has cultivated an impressive array of sports clients as part of his campaign to generate 10,000 season ticket deposits for a potential National Hockey League team in Las Vegas.
Bill Foley is counting on 130,000 “avid hockey fans” with incomes of at least $55,000 in the Las Vegas market to plunk down $150 to $900 for a season ticket deposit as the first step toward creating a National Hockey League expansion franchise at the new $375 million arena being built behind New York-New York.
Bill Foley, the public face of an ownership group seeking to create an NHL team in Las Vegas, arrived in Las Vegas on Thursday, lunched with MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren at Bellagio, and then schmoozed with local leaders in hopes of drumming up at least 10,000 season ticket commitments for an NHL franchise.
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