The Vegas Golden Knights won their first home game Tuesday night, and T-Mobile Arena was filled with symbols of strength and salutes for first responders. Ceremonies before the game honored the 58 people who died in the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting on Oct. 1.
No one could have imagined that the first home game in the history of the NHL expansion team would be defined by such a mournful cause, but as it has so many times in the worst of moments, sports proved to be a powerful remedy.
Nick Robone, the 28-year-old assistant UNLV hockey coach who was hit in the chest by a bullet shot by Stephen Paddock, knows that when the Route 91 Harvest festival was turned into a shooting gallery, he was lucky.
Los Angeles staved off a late rally to secure a 75-69 victory over the Sacramento Kings in front of a decidedly pro-Lakers crowd in an NBA exhibition game at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday night.
Half of the money will go to the Las Vegas Police Department and the other half will go to the victims of the families of last week’s mass shooting.
From their current hometown, the Raiders honored their future one.
Country music superstar Jason Aldean didn’t listen to UFC boss Dana White. And some hospitalized victims of last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas are grateful.
Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Everlast sang an emotional rendition of “America the Beautiful” before UFC 216 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
The victims and first responders of Sunday’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip were honored in a pregame ceremony ahead of the UNLV football game at Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday.
The old ballplayer still sounded distraught after coming to the aid of Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting victims last Sunday.
