It is official: The NHL may have a 31st team beginning with the 2017-18 season.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced on Wednesday afternoon that the league are going to be expanding as well as the
newest team is going to be in Las Vegas, creating it the very first qualified sports group in to the marketplace.
The <a href="http://www.hutcoinsbuy.com">NHL Coins</a> Las Vegas group will probably be owned by Bill Foley and comes with an expansion fee of $500 million dollars.
"In the fall of 2017, when we celebrate the 100th birthday in the <a href="http://www.hutcoinsbuy.com">NHL Coins Buy</a>, we are going to do so as a League of 31 teams,"
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman mentioned in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.
"We are pleased to welcome Bill Foley and also the city of Las Vegas towards the League and are actually excited that
an NHL franchise are going to be the first main specialist sports team in this vibrant, growing, global location city."
Bettman mentioned the NHL board of governors gave expansion its unanimous support. It only needed three quarters
assistance to pass.
This may be the initial time the NHL has expanded considering that 1997 when it introduced four further teams
(Columbus, Minnesota, Nashville and Atlanta -- now the Winnipeg Jets) over a 3 year stretch.
The new Las Vegas team will play its household games in the newly opened T Mobile arena, a state-of-the-art venue using
a hockey capacity of 17,368. The group already has 14,000 season ticket holders. Foley said he expects the constructing
to become full each and every evening, in particular following the initial year or two when they demonstrate a winning
attitude, and that 85 to 90 percent of your crowd will probably be season ticket holders.