After decades of trying, Las Vegas skated into the major leagues Wednesday with the NHL’s decision to award billionaire businessman Bill Foley an expansion franchise beginning with the 2017-18 season.
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New owner Bill Foley has hockey people to hire. He has to bring sales people on board. He has to finalize plans and begin construction on his team’s practice facility in Downtown Summerlin.
Nearly 100 people crammed into the banquet room at O’Aces Bar & Grill on South Decatur Boulevard starting at 4 p.m. to celebrate the news that Las Vegas has officially become the 31st team in the NHL.
Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane was given the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring leader and the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player to his team at the annual NHL Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Bishop Gorman’s football team was approved by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association on Wednesday to play an 11-game regular-season schedule.
When the 1998 NCAA-title winning UNLV golf team is inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame on Friday at Orleans Arena, the group will become the eighth golfer or group to receive the honor.
Former UNLV players Stephen Zimmerman Jr. and Patrick McCaw could get taken in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft. Derrick Jones Jr. might get selected late in the second round.
Anyone who put down a deposit for season tickets for the Las Vegas NHL team will be contacted before late July when an open house will be held at T-Mobile Arena.
Bill Foley loves the Army and everything it stands for, loves the values and discipline and traditions. He lives his life within the structure of such uniformity. It’s also how he made sports history in Las Vegas.
Jacob Eval, a member of the Shadow Ridge High School trap team, knocked down 197 of 200 targets to lead the Claybreakers to the state championship at the Fallon Trap Club.