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pos: Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that began play in the 2017–18 NHL season. They are members 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 the Maloof family. The team plays its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The NHL has had a presence in Las Vegas since 1991; that year, the city hosted the first

pos: Vegas Golden Knights Vegas Golden Knights The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that began play in the 2017–18 NHL season. They are members 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 the Maloof family. The team plays its home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The NHL has had a presence in Las Vegas since 1991; that year, the city hosted the first

pos: Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area Hockey League (NHL). The Golden Knights are owned by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium led by Bill Foley, and play at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights began play during the 2017–18 NHL season and became the first major league professional team in Las Vegas. Prior to the Golden Knights, the National Hockey League had experience with Las Vegas beginning in 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. It carried thorough the years with an annual preseason exhibition

pos: Maloof family Maloof family The Maloof family is a prominent American family based in Las Vegas, Nevada, who are owners of numerous business properties in the Western United States. The origin of the family name is Maalouf and is of Lebanese descent via their paternal grandfather. Originally from New Mexico, the family's success began with the distribution rights for Coors Beer in the Southwest region of the US in 1937. The Maloofs were the owners of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1998 until 2013 and are minority owners of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey

pos: 2017–18 NHL season had granted an expansion franchise in the city of Las Vegas to an ownership group led by Bill Foley, whose identity was revealed as the Vegas Golden Knights on November 22. The team plays in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. On April 3, 2017, the NHL announced that, after five Olympic tournaments in which the NHL allowed its players to participate in the event, it would not do so for the men's hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Furthermore, the league did not include a break for the Olympics in its schedule, and

neg: Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area The Las Vegas metropolitan area is home to many sports, most of which take place in the unincorporated communities around Las Vegas rather than in the city itself. The Las Vegas Valley has two major league professional teams: the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL) who began play in 2017 as the region's first major pro team and the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA. The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) will begin play in Las Vegas as the "Las Vegas Raiders" by 2020 and become the

neg: City National Arena City National Arena City National Arena is the practice facility and team headquarters of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. City National Arena opened on September 18, 2017 and is located in the Summerlin suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada. It contains the headquarters for the team, a team store and a MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub restaurant among other features. The arena is also the home arena for the UNLV Rebels hockey program, the Las Vegas Cavalry of the Mountain West Hockey League, and the Junior Golden Knights. Ground was broken on City National Arena on

neg: Nevada for its professional sports teams, mainly because major league sports in the past feared having direct involvement with the sports gambling industry. However, this situation lessened after they embraced daily fantasy sports (DFS) in 2014. The Las Vegas Valley is home to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League who began play in the 2017-18 NHL season at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Golden Knights are the only major North American professional sports franchise in Nevada. They will be joined by the Oakland Raiders who at the start of the 2016 NFL

neg: Carolyn Goodman (politician) tenure as mayor, Goodman tried to promote Las Vegas as a home for professional sports teams. The Vegas Golden Knights began playing professional hockey in the 2017-2018 season and the Oakland Raiders announced their relocation to Las Vegas beginning in 2020. Goodman attempted to lure a soccer team to Las Vegas several times, including bids for a Major League Soccer expansion team, and ultimately got a second-division team, the Las Vegas Lights FC of the United Soccer League, which began playing in 2018. Carolyn and Oscar Goodman have four children and six grandchildren. Carolyn Goodman (politician) Carolyn Goldmark Goodman (born

neg: Southwestern United States (2010 census) Of the four major professional sports, Phoenix and Las Vegas are the only metropolitan areas in the Southwest that have representatives. While Las Vegas is home to the Vegas Golden Knights NHL hockey team, Phoenix is one of only 13 U.S. cities to have representatives in all four: Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball, Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League, the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association, and the Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League. The Greater Phoenix area is home to the Cactus League, one of two spring training leagues for Major League Baseball;

neg: Summerlin, Nevada and within 30 miles of Nevada State College (NSC). The valley's NHL franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights, practices at the City National Arena in Summerlin. The arena also offers skating lessons, hosts youth and adult amateur hockey leagues, and trains competitive figure skaters. The UNLV Hockey team plays its home games at City National Arena in Downtown Summerlin. Starting in 2019, the Las Vegas 51s (a minor league baseball franchise) will play at the Las Vegas Ballpark in Downtown Summerlin. The Summerlin Red Rocks FC is a popular amateur soccer league in the area. The following is an incomplete list

neg: Vegas Golden Knights issue the jersey number 99 to any of its players as it was retired league-wide in honor of Wayne Gretzky at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game. These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. "Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game Vegas Golden Knights The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area that began play in the 2017–18 NHL season. They are members of the Pacific Division

neg: Las Vegas Wranglers a National Hockey League franchise the Vegas Golden Knights. The Wranglers are the only team to hold a game that was played at midnight. The annual "Midnight Roundup" was created so that Las Vegas residents who work during the usual game times (e.g. employees of the gaming industry), could watch a game. Other Wranglers promotions included the traditional mullet hat night and even a give away of orange vests that said "Don't Shoot...I'm Human!" during a game on March 17, 2006, a joke on the Dick Cheney hunting incident. In January 2009, the team held the "Rod Blagojevich Prison Uniform

neg: Ryan Zinke on June 26, Zinke had chartered a jet belonging to an oil industry executive for a flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell, Montana. Zinke had been in Las Vegas to make an announcement related to public lands and to deliver a speech to the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion franchise owned by William P. Foley, a major donor to Zinke's congressional campaigns. The chartered flight cost taxpayers $12,375. Costs for commercial flights between Las Vegas and Kalispell typically start at $300. Upon arrival in Kalispell, Zinke, a native of nearby Whitefish, Montana, spent the night at his

neg: Scott Gordon (ice hockey) 0–0–0 record with a 7.06 GAA in 17 minutes of play as the Americans finished in fourth place. Gordon became an assistant coach with the Atlanta Knights of the IHL for the 1994–95 season under head coach John Paris Jr. Atlanta finished the season with a 39–37–5 record, earning 83 points for third place in the Central Division, and a trip to the playoffs. In the first round of the postseason, the Knights lost to the Las Vegas Thunder in five games. In the 1995–96 season, Gordon remained with the Knights, however, midway through the season, the club fired Paris,

neg: Las Vegas a goal of encouraging patrons to remain in their facilities. Las Vegas has 68 parks. The city owns the land for, but does not operate, four golf courses: Angel Park Golf Club, Desert Pines Golf Club, Durango Hills Golf Club, and the Las Vegas Municipal Golf Course. It is also responsible for 123 playgrounds, 23 softball fields, 10 football fields, 44 soccer fields, 10 dog parks, six community centers, four senior centers, 109 skates parks, six swimming pools, and more. The city of Las Vegas government operates as a council–manager government. The Mayor sits as a Council member-at-large and presides

neg: Las Vegas The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is situated downtown in Symphony Park. The world-class performing arts center hosts Broadway shows and other major touring attractions, as well as orchestral, opera, ballet, choir, jazz, and dance performances. Las Vegas had earned the moniker Gambling Capital of the World, as the city currently has the largest strip of land-based casinos in the world. The Las Vegas Valley is the home of two major professional teams, the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League, an expansion team that began play in the 2017–18 NHL season out of T-Mobile Arena in nearby

neg: Las Vegas Valley the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League will play in Las Vegas in 2020. Las Vegas has many natural outdoor recreational options. There are several multi-use trail systems within the valley operated by multiple organizations. The River Mountains Loop Trail is a trail that connects the west side of the valley with Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Summerlin offers more than 150 miles of award-winning trails within the community. There are also the Angel Park Trail, Bonanza Trail, and the county's Flamingo Arroyo Trail, I-215 West Beltway Trail (), I-215

neg: Manon Rhéaume of the International Hockey League (IHL). Her first appearance against the Salt Lake Golden Eagles marked the first time a woman appeared in a regular season professional game. She played for seven different teams between 1992 and 1997, including Atlanta, the Knoxville Cherokees, Nashville Knights, the Las Vegas Aces, the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks, Las Vegas Thunder, and the Reno Renegades, appearing in a total of 24 games. While in Atlanta, Rhéaume wrote her autobiography - "Manon: Alone In Front Of The Net". She initially retired from professional hockey in 1997. For the 1999-2000 season, Rhéaume was the goaltending coach of

neg: T-Mobile Arena T-Mobile Arena T-Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. Opened on April 6, 2016, the arena was built as a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and the Anschutz Entertainment Group. The arena is the home venue for the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights, who began play in 2017. Aside from the Golden Knights, T-Mobile Arena has primarily been used for entertainment events such as concerts, and has been booked for mixed martial arts and professional boxing events, and well as other annual sporting events. The arena is accessed by a

neg: Paradise, Nevada (229,000); Reno has a population of about 225,000. The Clark County School District serves Paradise as well as all of Clark County. The township is home to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Paradise is home to Las Vegas's first major league sports team, the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL), which began play in the 2017–18 season at T-Mobile Arena. The number of professional sports teams will grow to two in 2020 when the soon-to-be-constructed Las Vegas Stadium will feature the relocated Raiders of the National Football League (NFL), along with the UNLV Rebels football program.

neg: KXST obtained an internal e-mail that instructed all of CBS's radio stations in Las Vegas, including KXST, to not cover or otherwise acknowledge the city's new National Hockey League team, the Vegas Golden Knights, on any platform, in retaliation for having been outbid by competitor KRLV for rights to be the team's flagship radio station. Following the reports, CBS Radio Las Vegas senior vice president Tony Perlongo apologized to the team and told the "Washington Post" that he had reversed the policy, stating that it was an "error in judgement on our part", and that CBS Radio would "cover the team,

neg: Blush Boutique Nightclub Blush Boutique Nightclub Blush Boutique Nightclub was a nightclub located in the Wynn Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. It was the first boutique nightclub in Las Vegas. It opened Labor Day Weekend 2007 and closed on 2011. Casino developer Stephen A. Wynn and renowned night club operator Sean Christie created Blush Boutique Nightclub in 2007. Prior to partnering with Wynn Las Vegas, Christie was a founding member and managing partner of The Light Group. He was also an integral part of The Lyons Group which owns and operates more than 30 nightclub venues on the East coast. Formerly

neg: Potential National Hockey League expansion of the Winnipeg Jets. To gauge interest and help determine whether the NHL should entertain further expansion, the NHL Board of Governors accepted applications for new franchises during the 2015 offseason. Two potential ownership groups submitted applications for prospective teams in Las Vegas and Quebec City. The geographic distribution of teams between the NHL's two conferences was not a primary consideration for expansion, and the earliest time when a new franchise could start play was the 2017–18 season. On June 22, 2016, the NHL approved expansion to Las Vegas starting in the 2017–18 season with the Vegas Golden Knights. With

neg: Mark Davis (American football) well-received", and stating, "It was a very positive step in finding the Raiders a home." On May 20, 2016, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he would support Davis and the Raiders move to Las Vegas, stating, "I think it would be good for the NFL." If the Raiders were to move to Las Vegas the only competition they would have is the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. On August 11, 2016, Raiders officials met with Northern Nevada officials about the possibility of Reno being the site of a new training camp/practice facility and toured several

neg: Brad Hunt (ice hockey) by the Blues and despite making an immediate impact was later placed on waivers after 9 games on January 16, 2017. He was claimed the following day by the injury depleted Nashville Predators. On July 1, 2017, having left the Predators as a free agent, Hunt agreed to a two-year, one-way contract with expansion club, the Vegas Golden Knights. Brad Hunt (ice hockey) Bradley Shawn Hunt (born August 24, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers,

neg: City National Arena the home of the UNLV Skatin' Rebels hockey program. The Rebels moved to the arena from splitting time between the Las Vegas Ice Center and SoBe Ice Arena over the previous ten years. City National Arena becoming the home to the Rebel's hockey program allowed the program to move up to Division I. The team's first game at the arena was on September 22, 2017, a 3-0 loss against Colorado University. The arena also hosts showcases for the Western States Hockey League. The facility is owned by the Vegas Golden Knights on land owned by the Howard Hughes Corporation. The

neg: Marc-André Fleury Lemieux for a brief period of time as he searched for more permanent living arrangements. He currently resides in Southern Highlands, Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleury married longtime girlfriend Véronique Larosée on July 22, 2012. They had been dating since they were 15 years old. The couple has two daughters, Estelle (born April 26, 2013) and Scarlett (born July 22, 2015). Marc-André Fleury Marc-André Fleury (born November 28, 1984), nicknamed Flower, is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first

neg: Paul Thompson (ice hockey, born 1988) contract with expansion club, the Vegas Golden Knights. In the 2017–18 season, Thompson was reassigned by the Golden Knights to AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, for the duration of the year. He played in every regular season game with the Wolves, posting 24 goals and 38 points. On July 2, 2018, Thompson opted to return to the Florida Panthers organization as a free agent, securing a two-year, two-way deal. Paul Thompson (ice hockey, born 1988) Paul Thompson (born November 30, 1988) is an American ice hockey forward who is currently Captain of the Springfield Thunderbirds in the American Hockey League

neg: City National Arena facility has become a favorite among players. The Golden Knights practice and UNLV play on Rink 1 which is branded as Summerlin Hospital Rink. Both Rinks 1 and 2 have a capacity of 600. City National Arena City National Arena is the practice facility and team headquarters of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. City National Arena opened on September 18, 2017 and is located in the Summerlin suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada. It contains the headquarters for the team, a team store and a MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub restaurant among other features. The arena

neg: Deryk Engelland Messier Leadership Award, which he won on June 20. Engelland was born April 3, 1982, in Edmonton, Alberta. His father is a welder by trade, and the family moved frequently in his early life as he lived in the Edmonton-area communities of Leduc and Mayerthorpe before settling in Chetwynd, British Columbia. He met his wife Melissa while playing in the minors in Las Vegas, where the couple continue to live with their sons. Deryk Engelland Deryk Engelland (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently serving as alternate captain with the Vegas Golden Knights

neg: William P. Foley Shahid Khan. William P. Foley William P. "Bill" Foley II (born December 14, 1944) is an American businessman and former attorney, specializing in financial services. He serves as Chairman of the Board for Fidelity National Financial and Black Knight Financial Services, and Vice Chairman of the board for Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS). Foley is also the lead investor in Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium that was awarded an expansion ice hockey franchise named the Vegas Golden Knights for Las Vegas, Nevada that began play in the National Hockey League in 2017. Growing up, Foley mostly lived

neg: William P. Foley William P. Foley William P. "Bill" Foley II (born December 14, 1944) is an American businessman and former attorney, specializing in financial services. He serves as Chairman of the Board for Fidelity National Financial and Black Knight Financial Services, and Vice Chairman of the board for Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS). Foley is also the lead investor in Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium that was awarded an expansion ice hockey franchise named the Vegas Golden Knights for Las Vegas, Nevada that began play in the National Hockey League in 2017. Growing up, Foley mostly lived in Texas

neg: Rob Pallin PSHL and WCHL sides Reno Rage and Fresno Falcons. Pallin began his coaching career in Las Vegas, where he coached at the AA Midget 18 under and 16 under level and AAA Midget 18 under level. In 2006, he was named head coach of the UNLV Hockey Club of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. In 2011, he joined the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL as an assistant coach. In 2013, Pallin moved back to Europe, accepting the head coach position of Hungarian club SAPA Fehervar AV19, which competes in the Austrian top-flight EBEL. They parted ways in January 2016.

neg: Las Vegas Club Las Vegas Club Las Vegas Club was a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada established in 1930, and demolished in 2017. John Wisner originally bought the property on the corner of Main and Fremont where the Las Vegas Club now stands, at a 1905 land auction for $1,750 and built the Overland Hotel. In 1911 the Overland burnt to the ground and was rebuilt on the same location. The Overland briefly became Frank Donovan's Chatterbox Club and Talk of the Town Bar. The Las Vegas Club opened in 1930. The owner was J. Kell Houssels who installed the first neon sign

neg: 2016–17 NHL season in nine seasons. In December 2015 commissioner Gary Bettman informed teams that he projected the salary cap to be at least $74.5 million for the 2016–17 season, and that it could increase as much as $3.1 million. It was eventually set at $73.1 million. On June 22, 2016, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman officially announced that the league had approved an expansion team in Las Vegas, Nevada, later christened the Vegas Golden Knights, who were set to begin play in the 2017–18 season. Canadian rightsholder Rogers Media reinstated Ron MacLean as host of "Hockey Night in Canada" for the 2016–17 season

neg: Dennis Nolan (politician) prosecution and court in obtaining the conviction. The Washington Examiner 2/5/2011 and The Las Vegas Sun 2/4/2011 Nolan has three children, and his hobbies include bagpipe playing, ice hockey, and scuba diving. He owns Nolan and Associates, a Nevada based consulting firm and is the executive director of the Las Vegas International Celtic Festival. Dennis Nolan (politician) Dennis Nolan was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Clark County District 9 (map) since 2002. Previously he served in the Nevada Assembly from 1994 through 2001. Nolan served as minority whip in the assembly, and in 2001 and 2003 was

neg: N9NE Group Steakhouse. In 2006, N9NE opened the Playboy Club at the Fantasy Tower at the Palms, the first Playboy Club since 1988, in partnership with Playboy Enterprises. Michael Morton's father, Chicago restaurateur Arnie Morton, built and operated the original chain of Playboy nightclubs. The Las Vegas Playboy Club closed summer 2012. N9NE Group The N9NE Group is a company that owns and operates restaurants and nightclubs at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and formerly in Chicago and Dallas. The N9NE Group was founded by Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff. The two were friends since age nine, which is

neg: Floyd Mayweather Jr. a , five-bedroom, seven-bath, custom-built mansion in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2008, Mayweather recorded a rap song titled "Yep" that he used for his entrance on WrestleMania XXIV in his match against Big Show. Mayweather owns a boxing gym called the "Mayweather Boxing Club" located in the Chinatown Plaza in Las Vegas. In 2011, Mayweather paid for the funeral of former super lightweight world champion and former opponent Genaro Hernandez, who died of cancer after a three-year battle. In 2002, Mayweather was charged with two counts of domestic violence and one count of misdemeanor battery. He received a six-month suspended

neg: Frozen Fury at MGM Grand Garden Arena; in 2016, they were played at T-Mobile Arena. The 2016 games were the end of the tradition, because of the launch of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017–18 season. Frozen Fury Frozen Fury was an annual pre-season ice hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL), held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1997 to 2016. On three occasions, the Los Angeles Kings faced different teams instead of the Avalanche, once each against the Arizona Coyotes, the San Jose Sharks, and the New York Rangers. The

neg: Professional sports leagues in the United States It was formed in 1917 as a successor to the Canadian National Hockey Association (founded 1909), taking all but one of the NHA's teams. The NHL partially absorbed the rival World Hockey Association in 1979. There are 31 teams, with 24 in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, with the Vegas Golden Knights beginning play in Las Vegas for the 2017–18 season. The league will grow to 32 in 2021 with the addition of a team in Seattle. The most popular sports league in Canada, and widely followed across the northern U.S., the NHL has expanded southward in recent decades

neg: National Hockey League 31st franchise, based in Las Vegas and later named the Vegas Golden Knights, into the NHL for the 2017–18 season. On December 4, 2018, the league announced a 32nd franchise in Seattle to begin play in the 2021–22 season. There have been four league-wide work stoppages in league history, all happening since 1992. The first was a strike by the National Hockey League Players' Association in April 1992 which lasted for ten days, but the strike was settled quickly and all affected games were rescheduled. A lockout at the start of the 1994–95 season forced the league to reduce the

neg: City National Arena October 5, 2016 shortly after the National Hockey League granted Las Vegas an expansion franchise due to play beginning in the 2017-18 NHL season. It was also built partly to be a hub for recreational and youth hockey for Southern Nevada. In July 2017, the team now named the Vegas Golden Knights reached a multi year deal with City National Bank for the naming rights of the facility branding it as City National Arena. The facility opened on September 18, 2017 after 11 months of construction. County Commissioner Steve Sisolak declared the day “City National Arena Day”. The arena is

neg: Teenbeat Club as a Las Vegas City Council member from 1987 to 1991, and was inducted by the Nevada Broadcasters Association into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998. Keith Austin relocated to Santa Barbara, California, where he continues his career in the recording industry as Executive Producer and Host of the Rock Files. The club grew out of the weekend dance concerts Miller and Austin promoted starting in 1961, featuring live KLAS Radio broadcasts from the Knights of Columbus Hall and the National Guard Armory in Downtown Las Vegas. The broadcasts featured the Teenbeats (formerly known as the Checkmates), a

neg: Las Vegas Coyotes Las Vegas Coyotes The Las Vegas Coyotes were an inline hockey team which competed in Roller Hockey International. The team was founded as the Atlanta Fire Ants in 1994 and had a two-season stint in Oklahoma City before the team relocated to Las Vegas. The team's home games were played at the Ice Arena at the Santa Fe Hotel and the team folded following the dissolution of the RHI after the 1999 season. The Coyotes were the second attempt by the RHI to field a team in the Las Vegas Valley, the Coyotes predecessor, the Las Vegas Flash, played one

neg: T. J. Tynan League (NHL) signed Tynan to a two-year entry-level contract. Tynan was assigned to the Springfield Falcons upon completion of Notre Dame's season. Tynan made his NHL debut against the New Jersey Devils on March 8, 2017. On July 1, 2017, having left the Blue Jackets as a free agent, Tynan agreed to a two-year, two-way contract with expansion club, the Vegas Golden Knights. T. J. Tynan Thomas Joseph "T. J." Tynan (born February 25, 1992) is an American ice hockey player. He is currently playing within the Vegas Golden Knights organization of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tynan was selected

neg: Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an American businessman and professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club while he lived in New York City. Zolotow lived in New York City for many years before becoming a professional poker player and moving to Las Vegas. He worked as a businessman, and owns several bars and restaurants in New York City. He also discovered poker while living in New York and became a regular player at the Mayfair club along with

neg: 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season draft third in each subsequent round. On April 30, 2017, the Golden Knights received a sixth overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft during the draft lottery. Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago. Notes: 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season The 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Golden Knights enjoyed the strongest debut

neg: Vegas Golden Knights secondary logo is two crossing swords behind a red star, designed to resemble the star found on the landmark Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign. The team's primary color is steel gray, which is said to represent "strength and durability". The other team colors are gold, red (found in the Las Vegas skyline and at Red Rock Canyon), and black (for "power and intensity"). The first uniforms in Golden Knights team history were unveiled publicly on June 20, 2017. The team's name includes "Knights" as a homage to the Black Knights of the United States Military Academy, Foley's alma mater,

neg: Oscar Lindberg (ice hockey) went unprotected by the Rangers in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft and was subsequently selected by the Vegas Golden Knights. As a restricted free agent he later agreed on a two-year contract worth $3.4 million with the Golden Knights on 4 July 2017. On 10 October 2017, Lindberg scored his first goal with the Golden Knights in the Knights first franchise home game. Oscar Lindberg (ice hockey) Oscar Lindberg (born 29 October 1991) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He represented Sweden in the 2011 World Junior Ice

neg: New Frontier Hotel and Casino New Frontier Hotel and Casino The New Frontier (formerly Last Frontier and The Frontier) was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was the second resort that opened on the Las Vegas Strip and operated continuously from October 30, 1942 until it closed on July 16, 2007. The building was demolished on November 13, 2007. Wynn Resorts currently owns the land. The property started as a nightclub called Pair-O-Dice that opened in 1930, then The Ambassador Night Club in 1936 and was renamed the 91 Club in 1939 for its location on US-91. It

neg: Las Vegas Wranglers Las Vegas Wranglers The Las Vegas Wranglers were a professional ice hockey team based in Las Vegas Valley. The Wranglers were members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League). The Wranglers were founded as an expansion franchise in 2003 following the ECHL's takeover of the West Coast Hockey League. In May 2014, the team suspended operations for the 2014–15 ECHL season, allowing it time to secure a new home arena. In 2015, the team withdrew from the ECHL after being unable to find a home arena for the 2015-16 season.

neg: Denver Pioneers the creation of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1959, the Pioneers have won 10 WCHA Regular Season Championships (now the recipients of the MacNaughton Cup) and 13 WCHA Playoff Championships (now the recipients of the Broadmoor Trophy). Denver's ice hockey alumni include over 75 NHL hockey players, including Hall of Famer Glenn Anderson, and current NHLers: 2007 Calder Memorial Trophy nominee Paul Stastny of the Las Vegas Golden Knights, Tyler Bozak of the St. Louis Blues, Jason Zucker of the Minnesota Wild, Nick Shore of the Calgary Flames, Scott Mayfield of the New York Islanders, Danton Heinen of the

neg: Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area Resorts. Located at a former parking lot at the back of the Monte Carlo, T-Mobile Arena seats 20,000 and costs $350 million. Ground was broken on May 2014, with its opening on April 6, 2016. Cashman Field will be replaced by the Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin in 2019. Sam Boyd Stadium will be replaced by the Las Vegas Stadium, which will be the home of the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV Football beginning in 2020. Ground was broken for Las Vegas Stadium on November 13, 2017. Las Vegas is the home to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National

neg: Cotton Club (Las Vegas) Cotton Club (Las Vegas) The Cotton Club was a club at 500 Jackson St. in the West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada, which was an exclusive club for African Americans. Established in late 1944 as a small bar by Moe Taub, it was one of the earliest Black clubs to legally operate away from Downtown Las Vegas. Sarann Knight-Preddy become a keno writer for the club, and in 1950 she became the first black woman to hold a gaming license in Nevada. In July 1947 the Cotton Club was sold to Jodie Cannon, who resold it less than 6 months

neg: Adam Naglich from professional hockey at returned to settle in his hometown Las Vegas, Nevada. Adam Naglich Adam Naglich (born May 9, 1984) is an American former professional ice hockey player who last played for the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). Undrafted, Naglich began his professional career with the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL in the 2009–10 season before opting to pursue a European career in the EBEL. He has formerly played with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak and Hungarian club, Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the EBEL before joining the Vienna Capitals on a one-year contract on August 2, 2014.

neg: Palomino Club (Las Vegas) life in prison. The son's girlfriend took a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter in exchange for her testimony. Of note, Adam Gentile fought a number of amateur MMA fights and retired from fighting in 2014. Also of note, his main training partner and instructor was Brent Jordan, another well known longtime MMA fighter and bouncer who wrote a book about his experiences being a bouncer for 20 years, previously at Cheetah's in Las Vegas, and currently works as a VIP host for the Palomino Club. Palomino Club (Las Vegas) The Palomino Club is a landmark North Las Vegas strip club.

neg: Las Vegas Thunder with the Las Vegas Wranglers. The team's mascot was "Boom-Boom", a polar bear. The franchise was replaced by: "Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes" Las Vegas Thunder The Las Vegas Thunder was a professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993–1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999. The demise of the franchise was

neg: Phil Ruffin Phil Ruffin Phillip Gene "Phil" Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American businessman. He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels, casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, real estate, and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks. He is also a business partner of Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Long a resident of Wichita, Kansas, Ruffin now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the "Forbes" 2018 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #877 with

neg: 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season The 2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season was the inaugural season for the Vegas Golden Knights. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The Golden Knights enjoyed the strongest debut season for an expansion team in North American professional sports history. On February 1, 2018, they broke the record for most wins by an expansion team in their first season when they earned their 34th win of the season. On February 21, they broke the record for most points by an expansion team in their inaugural season

neg: Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign the Vegas Golden Knights in the team's 2018 Stanley Cup Finals appearance against the Washington Capitals. In 2002, the Las Vegas City Council erected a sign for the city proper reading "Welcome to Fabulous Downtown Las Vegas" at Las Vegas Boulevard and 4th Street, just within the city limits of the City of Las Vegas. This sign was destroyed in 2016 when a pickup truck crashed into it. On March 6, 2007, another replica of the sign was installed on Boulder Highway just north of Tropicana Avenue, the result of casinos along the "Boulder Strip" uniting to have their own

neg: Retired number Man". In some cases, a team may decide to retire a number in honor of tragedies involving the team's city or state. For example, in March 2018, the number 58 was retired by the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team in honor of the 58 victims killed in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. If a jersey is retired and an active player is still wearing it, the player is usually permitted to wear the number for his entire career as a player. If in the sport, managers and coaches wear uniform numbers, and the player later becomes a coach for the

neg: Summerlin, Nevada Las Vegas Aviators minor league baseball team), and the City National Arena (practice facility for the Vegas Golden Knights NHL franchise and home arena of the UNLV Rebels hockey program). Local events are held in Downtown Summerlin throughout the year. Popular events include farmers markets, outdoor fitness classes, wine walks, holiday festivals, and visits from celebrity guest speakers. The Summerlin community also has several strip mall–style shopping centers, which include: The Summerlin area is home to three large resort casinos. These mega properties include guest accommodations, a full range of casino games, multiple dining options, live entertainment, and spa and

neg: KRLV KWWN (ESPN Radio), 920 KBAD (NBC Sports Radio), 1460 KENO (ESPN Deportes Radio in Spanish) and KRLV, which carries Fox Sports Radio. There are two other sports stations in Las Vegas as well, 1140 KXST (CBS Sports Radio) and 670 KMZQ (SB Nation Radio). In April 2017, Lotus acquired the radio rights to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League, with KRLV to serve as the flagship station. It was also announced that KLAV's FM translator K255CT would switch to a simulcast of KRLV on 98.9 FM. KLRV currently has rights to the Los Angeles Chargers radio network.

neg: Hailey Dawson League Baseball parks. She completed her goal on September 16, 2018, with an appearance at Angel Stadium. She has also been honored with dropping the puck at a 2018 Vegas Golden Knights–Philadelphia Flyers hockey game. Hailey Dawson was born in Henderson, Nevada, on March 2, 2010. Her father, Greg, is a corrections officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and her mother, Yong, is a photographer. She has an older brother, Zach. Hailey was born with Poland syndrome, believed to have stemmed from a lack of blood supply at six to seven gestational weeks. She is missing a right

neg: Vadim Shipachyov Vadim Shipachyov Vadim Alexandrovich Shipachyov (; born 12 March 1987) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played with Severstal Cherepovets and SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL and the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). On 4 May 2017, he signed with the Vegas Golden Knights making him the second person in history to be signed by the Golden Knights. On 15 October, he made his debut for the Golden Knights against the Boston Bruins and scored his first NHL goal on Bruins' goaltender

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Las Vegas Coyotes league suspended the 2000 season and finally ceased operations in 2001.

 Las Vegas Coyotes The Las Vegas Coyotes were an inline hockey team which competed in Roller Hockey International. The team was founded as the Atlanta Fire Ants in 1994 and had a two-season stint in Oklahoma City before the team relocated to Las Vegas. The team's home games were played at the Ice Arena at the Santa Fe Hotel and the team folded following the dissolution of the RHI after the 1999 season. The Coyotes were the second attempt by the RHI to field a team in the

neg: 1991 outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas 1991 outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas The 1991 outdoor National Hockey League (NHL) game in Las Vegas was an exhibition pre-season game between the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings that took place on September 27, 1991, on an outside rink built over the parking lot of the Caesars Palace hotel and casino. This was the first official outdoor NHL game, and was part of the pre-season schedule for the 1991–92 NHL season for both teams. The idea of having an exhibition ice hockey game outdoors in Las Vegas belongs to Rich Rose, president of Caesars World

neg: Clara Guerrero victory. Guerrero toppled 747 pins in three games, a record for the World Cup. In 2015, Guerrero won her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title in Las Vegas - Defending champion Clara Juliana Guerrero of Colombia defeated Shannon Pluhowsky from the host country United States, two-game-to-none, to win her second consecutive Bowling World Cup title Thursday at Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. By winning the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, the two-world champion (2009 in Las Vegas) and former World Ranking Masters champion, who also owns two PBA regional titles and one European Bowling Tour title,

neg: Temecula, California Angeles. The California Inline Hockey league was a grassroots minor league professional Inline hockey league with clubs based in the state of California but later added two teams in Nevada. The CIHL awarded the city of Temecula a club which was to be a part of the CIHL's first season in 1995. The club was named the Temecula Desert Rats and they were going to be members of the CIHL along with the San Francisco Seals, Santa Barbara Sandsharks, Los Angeles/Sacramento Golden Bears, High Desert (Adelanto) Rattlers later moved to Las Vegas, Fresno Fire who merged with the Bakersfield Bombers,

neg: Jon Merrill (ice hockey) Oilers, making him the first Devil to score his first NHL goal in overtime. On June 21, 2017, Merrill was selected in the NHL Expansion Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights. On January 16, 2018, Merrill signed a two-year, $2.75 million contract extension with the Golden Knights. Jon Merrill (ice hockey) Jonathon Merrill (born February 3, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Merrill was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Merrill was born in Oklahoma

neg: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is a government agency and the official destination marketing organization for Southern Nevada. It was founded by the Nevada Legislature in 1955. The LVCVA is a public-private partnership that owns and operates the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), operates Cashman Field and is responsible for the advertising campaigns for the Clark County, Nevada area. The city of Las Vegas took control of Cashman Center at the end of 2017, and is evaluating possibilities for the facility's future. The fourteen-member board of directors of LVCVA is made

neg: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Southwest Airlines had been providing since 2012, for personal travel. Misuse of the cards had been known since February, 2017. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is a government agency and the official destination marketing organization for Southern Nevada. It was founded by the Nevada Legislature in 1955. The LVCVA is a public-private partnership that owns and operates the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), operates Cashman Field and is responsible for the advertising campaigns for the Clark County, Nevada area. The city of Las Vegas took control of Cashman Center at the

neg: Chris McSorley back-to-back ECHL championships in 1993 and 1994. In 1994, McSorley joined the coaching staff of IHL's Las Vegas Thunder as an assistant and was promoted to head coach the following season. He remained in that job until the end of the 1997–98 campaign. McSorley continued his career overseas, taking over the London Knights of the British Elite Ice Hockey League in 1999. He had immediate success, steering the Knights to the EIHL championship his first year. From 2000 to 2004, he also served as head coach of the British national team. He left London after the 2000–01 season, in which

neg: 2017–18 AHL season season, the six California and Arizona based teams continued to have a 68-game season while the rest of the AHL teams play a 76-game season. The National Hockey League added the Vegas Golden Knights for the 2017–18 season. The Las Vegas management confirmed that the organization would also have an AHL affiliate in their first season, although it was not stated whether the AHL team would be an expansion or relocation. The organization looked into adding an affiliate on the West Coast with the leading candidates being Salt Lake City, Reno, or Fresno. However, as the season went on, they

neg: 2017 NHL Expansion Draft 2017 NHL Expansion Draft The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft conducted by the National Hockey League on June 18–20, 2017 to fill the roster of the league's expansion team for the 2017–18 season, the Vegas Golden Knights. The team's selections were announced on June 21 during the NHL Awards ceremony at T-Mobile Arena. In the offseason before the 2015–16 NHL season, the league opened a window for ownership groups to bid for expansion teams for the first time since 2000. Two ownership groups submitted bids to the league, one each from Las Vegas and Quebec City. If

neg: Credit One Bank season. Starting in 2017, Credit One Bank became a founding partner with the National Hockey League's Vegas Golden Knights in their inaugural season. Credit One Bank Credit One Bank, N.A., simply referred to as Credit One Bank, is a U.S.-based bank specializing in credit cards. It has corporate offices in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bank is held by Credit One Financial, a bank holding company registered in Nevada. Credit One Financial is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sherman Financial Group, LLC. As of 2017, Credit One Bank services more than 7 million cardholders across the United States. Credit One Bank

neg: Westgate Las Vegas name of Kratter's International Country Club (now the Las Vegas Country Club). He hired airline executive Fred Benninger to oversee the development, and Martin Stern, Jr., who had designed several noted Las Vegas high-rises, as the hotel's architect. Construction began with an elaborate groundbreaking ceremony in February 1968. With planning for the hotel underway, Kerkorian purchased the Flamingo casino, to serve as a training ground for the International's staff. Later, during the International's construction, Kerkorian formed a publicly traded company, International Leisure, to own the two casinos. Howard Hughes, the eccentric billionaire who had purchased several Las Vegas casinos, saw

neg: Steve Zolotow winner-take-all prize of $120,000. As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000. His 49 cashes at the WSOP account for over $1,100,000 of those winnings. Steve Zolotow Steve Zolotow is an American businessman and professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He was one of the regulars at the famed Mayfair Club while he lived in New York City. Zolotow lived in New York City for many years before becoming a professional poker player and moving to Las Vegas. He worked as a businessman, and owns several

neg: Vegas Vic Vegas Vic Vegas Vic is a neon sign resembling a cowboy that was erected on the exterior of The Pioneer Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 1951. The sign was a departure in graphic design from typeface based neon signs, to a friendly and welcoming human form of a cowboy. The sign's human-like abilities of talking and waving its arm constituted an immediate acceptance as the unofficial welcoming sign reproduced thousands of times over the years and all over the world. The trademark is currently owned by Pioneer Hotel, Inc. which owns and operates the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling

neg: Las Vegas Country Club pitching and chipping greens, a putting green, Indoor and outdoor tennis courts, racquetball, swimming pool and a complete exercise facility. The club hosted the LPGA Takefuji Classic on the LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2006. Las Vegas Country Club The Las Vegas Country Club is a private membership club located in the Winchester area of metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built on the site of a 1950s horse and automobile racetrack named Las Vegas Downs and later the Las Vegas Park Speedway. It was developed by businessmen Moe Dalitz, Allard Roen, Irwin Molasky and Merv Adelson. The 18-hole golf

neg: 2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights season time with the Golden Knights only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record. The Golden Knights have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season. Below are the Vegas Golden Knights' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Notes: 2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights season The 2018–19 Vegas Golden Knights season is the second season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. Prior to the season, the NHL suspended Nate Schmidt for 20 regular season games for violating the

neg: Nicolas Hague Nicolas Hague Nicolas "Nic" Hague (born December 5, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hague was selected 34th overall by the Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Hague was drafted by the Mississauga Steelheads in the second round of the 2014 OHL Draft. Hauge was later drafted 34th overall by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Hauge signed a three year entry level contract with

neg: Vadim Shipachyov won the bronze medal. He won a gold medal as a member of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Vadim Shipachyov Vadim Alexandrovich Shipachyov (; born 12 March 1987) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played with Severstal Cherepovets and SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL and the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). On 4 May 2017, he signed with the Vegas Golden Knights making him the second person in history to be signed by the Golden Knights.

neg: Pioneer Club Las Vegas the building. Although the Pioneer Club no longer operates as a casino, Vegas Vic (The 40 ft neon cowboy) lives on. In 1947 Las Vegas chamber of Commerce hired a West-Marquis firm which invented the Fremont Street Cowboy Vegas Vic and his friendly "Howdy Podner" greeting. The Young Electric Sign Company was commissioned to build the neon version of the sign by the owners of the Pioneer Club. They then commissioned Pat Denner who modeled it after the image used by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in 1947 consisting of a cowboy in blue jeans with a yellow-checked shirt

neg: Vegas Golden Knights team, and a bid from Quebecor to revive the Quebec Nordiques at a new arena in Quebec City. Both Las Vegas and Quebec were invited to move into Phase II of the league expansion bid in August 2015, and subsequently advanced to Phase III. At the league owners' meeting on June 22, 2016, in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas expansion bid was approved by a unanimous vote, with play to begin in the 2017–18 NHL season. The team became the first major professional sports franchise to be based in Las Vegas, and the first NHL expansion team since 2000. Foley

neg: Michael Spilotro Las Vegas, "Crazy Larry" Neumann, Wayne Matecki, Salvatore "Sonny" Romano, Leonardo "Leo" Guardino, 47, Las Vegas, Frank Cullotta, 43, Las Vegas, and former Las Vegas Sheriff's Department Detective, Joseph Blasko, 45, Las Vegas, who acted as a lookout and who later worked as a bartender at the Crazy Horse Too, a gentleman's club, and died of a heart attack in 2002.[5] Following the botched burglary at Bertha's Household Products on July 4, 1981, Cullotta, Blasko, Guardino, Davino, Neumann, and Matecki were arrested and each charged with burglary, conspiracy to commit burglary, attempted grand larceny and possession of burglary tools. They

neg: Herbert Blitzstein Other gang members included Peanuts Pancsko, Butch Pancsko and Pops Pancsko, Frank DeLegge, Michael LaJoy, Joseph D'Argento, Gerald Tomasczek, Peter Basile of Wilmette, Illinois, Carl Urbanotti of Chicago, Illinois, Ernest Lehnigg of Addison, Illinois, Samuel Cusumano, Joseph Cusumano, Ernesto "Ernie" Davino, 34, Las Vegas, "Crazy Larry" Neumann, Wayne Matecki, Salvatore "Sonny" Romano, Leonardo "Leo" Guardino, 47, Las Vegas, Frank Cullotta, 43, Las Vegas, and former Las Vegas detective, Joseph Blasko, 45, Las Vegas, who acted as a lookout and who later worked as a bartender at the Crazy Horse Too, a gentleman's club, and died of a heart attack in

neg: 2018 Las Vegas Lights FC season into a modern soccer specific stadium as part of a redevelopment of the area. In August 2017, Lashbrook, alongside Nevada governor Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, and USL officials, officially announced Las Vegas as the 33rd member of the USL at a fan festival at Zappos headquarters in downtown Las Vegas. During the presentation, Lashbrook announced six potential names (Viva Vegas, Las Vegas Silver, Las Vegas FC, Las Vegas Lights, Las Vegas Action, and Club Vegas) for the franchise, with the official name for the club being chosen through a fan vote. Shortly after midnight on August 29,

neg: Las Vegas Country Club Las Vegas Country Club The Las Vegas Country Club is a private membership club located in the Winchester area of metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada. It was built on the site of a 1950s horse and automobile racetrack named Las Vegas Downs and later the Las Vegas Park Speedway. It was developed by businessmen Moe Dalitz, Allard Roen, Irwin Molasky and Merv Adelson. The 18-hole golf course was completed in the fall of 1967, followed by the completion of a clubhouse in April 1968. The clubhouse architect was Julian Gabrielle; the golf course designer was Edmond B. Ault. Amenities include two

neg: Dave Goucher the Vegas Golden Knights play-by-play announcer. Goucher has also covered the 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs, Super Bowl XXXIX, and the 2005 Red Sox championship ring ceremony for WBZ radio. He was also WBZ's play-by-play announcer for the Boston Marathon. Dave Goucher Dave Goucher is an American sportscaster who currently serves as the television play-by-play voice announcer for the Vegas Golden Knights on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain. A 1993 graduate of Boston University, Goucher began his broadcasting career at BU, calling two seasons of Terrier hockey including the Beanpot, the Hockey East Championships, and the 1993 NCAA Frozen Four. He

neg: Murray Craven career. Craven finished his NHL career with 266 goals and 493 assists for 759 points in 1071 games. He also added 27 goals and 70 points in 118 career playoff games. Craven was the former vice president of the Vegas Golden Knights. He had significant input on the design of City National Arena, the team's headquarters and practice facility. Murray Craven Murray Dean Craven (born July 20, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League between 1982–83 and 1999–2000 and is currently vice president of the Vegas Golden Knights. Craven

neg: Las Vegas Club Club closed at midnight on August 19, 2015. The building along with the former Mermaids Casino and Glitter Gulch strip club were demolished over the course of 2017 to make way for a new resort expected to open in 2020. Las Vegas Club Las Vegas Club was a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada established in 1930, and demolished in 2017. John Wisner originally bought the property on the corner of Main and Fremont where the Las Vegas Club now stands, at a 1905 land auction for $1,750 and built the Overland Hotel. In 1911 the Overland burnt to the ground

neg: Erik Haula with the Vegas Golden Knights, Haula was Minnesota's required selection for the draft on 21 June 2017. In exchange for selecting Haula, the Knights received prospect Alex Tuch and sent a conditional third-round pick in 2018 to the Wild. Erik Haula Erik Haula (born 23 March 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Haula was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the seventh round, 182nd overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Haula played the 2008–09 hockey season with Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota. There he

neg: Occupy Las Vegas organized meetings, events and actions. The original intent of Occupy Las Vegas, as with many of the other Occupy movements, was to denounce the role that large corporations had in promulgating the financial crisis. The protesters in Las Vegas, as in other movements throughout the world, have described themselves as the "99 percent." This statement comes from the fact that 1% of the population owns 44% of the wealth in the United States. One of the features the Occupy Las Vegas Event had at the beginning was that the occupation began progressing with little interference from the police and the

neg: Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas of the park, Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas' opening was staggered for different ticket holders. Following a private grand opening party on May 23, the park opened to Gold Pass holders on May 25, Season Pass holders on May 28, and all other ticket holders on June 3. The overwhelming demand for season passes caused the park to cease selling passes for the year and has pushed expansion of the park forward to the immediate end of the season, as Village Roadshow owns 71 acres around the park for future expansion. Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas features 26 attractions including: Wet'n'Wild Las Vegas Wet'n'Wild

neg: Palomino Club (Las Vegas) Palomino Club (Las Vegas) The Palomino Club is a landmark North Las Vegas strip club. Since 2006 the club has been owned by Adam Gentile. It was built in North Las Vegas in 1969 by the Paul Perry family. One of the notable differences between the Palomino and other Las Vegas strip clubs, is that it is allowed to have both a liquor license, and totally nude dancers. Other clubs with liquor licenses are restricted to topless dancers. This difference, according to 2003-2006 owner Luis Hidalgo Jr., is because the club was grandfathered until approximately 2025 with the different rules.

neg: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in 1985, to early May in 1986, then to mid-October in 1990. A tradition at the tournament is presenting the trophy to the champion while two showgirls are a part of the pomp and circumstance. In its history, the Las Vegas event has been hosted by numerous courses before settling at its current venue, TPC Summerlin. Past venues include: TPC at the Canyons (now TPC Las Vegas), Bear's Best Golf Club, Southern Highlands Golf Club, Desert Inn Country Club (now the Wynn Golf & Country Club), Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas Hilton Country Club (now Las Vegas National Golf

neg: Luther B. Scherer Hotel. By the 1950s, he was also an investor in the Lucky Strike Club, The Mint Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Club. In 1955, one of his partners in the Las Vegas Club, Arthur Shellang, was found dead in a suspicious suicide at his residence in Paradise Valley, Nevada. Additionally, Scherer was a large real estate investor in Las Vegas, Nevada and California. Scherer was appointed as the Poet Laureate of Nevada by Governor Charles H. Russell in 1950. Many of his poems were published in "Magazine Las Vegas" and "Fabulous Las Vegas". In 1956, he published a collection

neg: Déjà Vu (company) Larry Flynt, who is not involved in the management of the clubs) "Larry Flynt's Hustler Club" and "Hustler Barely Legal". Déjà Vu also owns most of the adult theatres and clubs (with the exception of Crazy Horse) in San Francisco, most being on Broadway; these, however, carry different names. In 2012 Déjà Vu opened a club in collaboration with Vince Neil (of the rock band Mötley Crüe) in Las Vegas, Nevada, appropriately named "Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls." Déjà Vu also operates many clubs that do not carry their typical brand names, as well as the Erotic Heritage Museum in

neg: Sports in the Las Vegas metropolitan area as the Las Vegas Lights FC. The team plays at Cashman Field and is the second team to play within the Las Vegas city limits. Since Cashman Field (the only sports facility the city owns) opened in 1983, all but three other cities in AAA baseball (Pawtucket, Tacoma and Portland) have opened new ballparks. Little has been done to improve Cashman since it opened. After the toilets backed up during a 2015 game, PCL president Branch Barrett Rickey wrote a letter to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to warn that the upgrades needed to keep Cashman at something