Las Vegas _? We find out today.

[chuckcouples]

Didn't see this. I also added Alexie Yashin.

Listening to TSN1260 radio today and Jason Gregor said that the reported minority owners are not true. The NHL has to approve all owners of a team and none of the men and women listed in that report have been approved by the league as of yet.

[Godin]

Listening to TSN1260 radio today and Jason Gregor said that the reported minority owners are not true. The NHL has to approve all owners of a team and none of the men and women listed in that report have been approved by the league as of yet.

Hmmm. Seemed like an odd list of names, but they do have the resources.

[PrairieDog]

The helmet belongs to that of a Spartan soldier and knights don't wear Spartan helmets.

'Cuz Vegas is all about authenticity.

[iwinthings]

'Cuz Vegas is all about authenticity.

vegas is just keeping it pure. for the kids ya know.

[Zorro]

I can't wait to go to a game in Vegas!! Knights or Spartans, Golden or Silver, it's going to be a great night out!!

[Instant Karma]

I can't wait to go to a game in Vegas!! Knights or Spartans, Golden or Silver, it's going to be a great night out!!

We'll see. I'm not expecting Las Vegas to be a great sports town. The city is basically a tourist attraction. That its another desert city doesn't help.

I wouldn't be surprised if a decade from now the league has another Coyotes on its hands.

[The Iron Sheik]

We'll see. I'm not expecting Las Vegas to be a great sports town. The city is basically a tourist attraction. That its another desert city doesn't help.

I wouldn't be surprised if a decade from now the league has another Coyotes on its hands.

There are lots of people living there.

[hockeyrobot]

There are lots of people living there.

And a lot of them work crazy bat $hit hours on the strip.

[forumname]

And a lot of them work crazy bat $hit hours on the strip.

Maybe 15-20% of people work on the strip, a fraction of which are working "crazy bat $hit hours" - but what's your point?

[2014olympicgold]

The population of the City of Las Vegas is 584,000, the Metropolitan Population is something like 1.9mill (maybe 2mill with newer numbers). Tourists make up 110,000people/day, Casino Employment is up around 100,500 employees at the casino’s. You add up lets say food, clubs, and other stuff, make a simple guess of 200k people work on the Strip area.

2mill residents, 200k employees, 200k/3 (8hrs*3shifts=24hrs), or too make it easier because peak Casino hrs could be the same time as a hockey game so 200k/2, 100 thousands employees out of 2mill residents working at the same time as a hockey game.

This is where I got the employee data http://gaming.unlv.edu/reports/lvstrip_emp.pdf

[2014olympicgold]

^ 100,500 workers rounded to 200k was a big round lol. But still shows only about 10% of the Metro of LV works there, and even less when there would be a hockey game on

[blackaces]

If I ( a hockey fan) am going to Vegas it's not to watch a hockey game. And I wonder how many non-hockey fans want to invest 2 1/2 hours watching a game at the rink.

Sure I can see corporate boxes entertaining clients at games and local residents who may become fans over time but I'm really curious how attendance is going to play out.

The Coyotes at least have the snowbirds from Canada who were already fans.

[lucafen4]

Ahh... but here's the bestest idea... Got a hockey pool with guys from various locations? What better place to meet up? And you can also catch a game now too.

[Instant Karma]

There are lots of people living there.

I'm well aware of that, Captain Obvious.

There are a ton of people in L.A. Really crappy sports town given it's size. Same with Miami.

People just don't go to Vegas to take in a hockey game.

There have been "lots of people living there" for quite some time now. And it's only now that a major professional sports league is sticking its toe in the water. And its the NHL, a "We'll grab the franchise fee and worry about the rest later" league if there ever was one.

That should give you pause, because there's no question that its given the other leagues pause up to this point.

If the Raiders make good on their threat to move there, the Knights will really be screwed.