Vegas Golden Knights
| Vegas Golden Knights | |
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| Conference | Western |
| Division | Pacific |
| Founded | 2017 |
| History |
Vegas Golden Knights 2017–present |
| Home arena | T-Mobile Arena |
| City | Paradise, Nevada |
| Colors | Steel grey, gold, red, black |
| Media |
KLRV (Fox Sports 1340/98.9) KENO (ESPN Deportes 1460) Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Owner(s) |
Bill Foley (85%) Maloof family (15%) |
| General manager | George McPhee |
| Head coach | Gerard Gallant |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
| Conference championships | 0 |
| Presidents' Trophy | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
| Official website | www |
The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team that will be based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The team is scheduled to begin play in the 2017–18 NHL season, and will be a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is owned by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium led by Bill Foley, and will play its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
The NHL's interest in Las Vegas dates back to 1991, when an outdoor game was held in Las Vegas, with the Los Angeles Kings facing the New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace in a preseason exhibition game. The minor league Las Vegas Thunder operated out of the Thomas & Mack Center from 1993 until 1999, when the team's lease of the facility expired; the Las Vegas Wranglers of the third-tier ECHL played at Orleans Arena from 2003 until 2014, when that team's lease also expired. Every year since 1997 (except the lockout years of 2004–05 and 2012–13), Las Vegas has hosted Frozen Fury, a pre-season competition between the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche at the 16,800-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena. Although the NHL Awards ceremonies are held in Las Vegas, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman denied that it had anything to do with being a potential relocation or expansion spot. In 2009, the media speculated about a plan involving the Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to move the team then known as the Phoenix Coyotes to Nevada.
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