Vegas Golden Knights is a combination of Bill Foley’s Army affiliation, the high value of gold and a casual take on our city’s name.
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Tuesday evening, a brand was born that will bring worldwide publicity to the city and an identity for an expansion hockey team which will represent Nevada as the state’s first major league professional sports franchise.
If there was ever a doubt Las Vegas owned savvy and knowledgeable National Hockey League fans, the thousands who packed Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday night put those to rest.
Las Vegas hockey fans had to wait five months, but they finally know the name of their National Hockey League expansion team — Vegas Golden Knights.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was on hand for Tuesday’s unveiling of the nickname, logo and colors for Las Vegas’ expansion team at Toshiba Plaza. He likes the name “Vegas Golden Knights” and thinks it will be a big hit, both locally and internationally.
The long-awaited unveiling of the name, logo, and colors for Las Vegas’ NHL expansion team will take place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Toshiba Plaza. Team officials anticipate a crowd of several thousand to see what the name will be as well as be among the first to purchase official team merchandise.
For the 16,000 season ticket-holders, Tuesday’s big announcement on the team name, logo and colors will also be an opportunity to sit in the seats they have chosen. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. and the naming of the team is expected to take place shortly after 6.
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