Hockey Night in Nevada

ARE YOU READY FOR HOCKEY NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS???
THE NHL COULD BE IN THAT CITY BY AS EARLY AS 2010…
HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT HAS JUST ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A $500 MILLION DOLLAR ARENA JUST OFF THE LAS VEGAS STRIP…
THE OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS PHILIP ANSCHUTZ IS A PARTNER IN THIS NEW ARENA…WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY THE NHL BUT ALSO THE NBA…
THAT GETS US TO JERRY BRUCKHEIMER WHO IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD BUT ALSO A HUGH HOCKEY FAN…
BRUCKHEIMER HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE NHL FOR YEARS ABOUT GETTING A TEAM IN LAS VEGAS AND IS CLOSELY CONNECTED TO ANSCHUTZ…
ON THE SURFACE IT MIGHT MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE TO RE-LOCATE A TEAM…
CLEARLY HOCKEY IS NOT SELLING IN MARKETS LIKE NASHVILLE…ATLANTA…FLORIDA AND WASHINGTON…
BUT AN EXPANSION TEAM WOULD PUT AT LEAST 200 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE POCKETS OF THE OWNERS…
IT WOULD ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A SECOND EXPANSION TEAM AND ANOTHER 200 MILLION…
THE NBA IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED…
THAT LEAGUE HAS ALREADY APPOINTED A COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO LOCATE A FRANCHISE IN LAS VEGAS…
NO QUESTION THE NBA WAS ROCKED BY THE BETTING SCANDAL INVOLVING ONE ITS OWN REFEREES…BUT POTENTIAL IS SO GREAT THAT THE LEAGUE IS STILL MOVING FORWARD…
IN FEBRUARY THE NBA STAGED ITS ALL STAR GAME IN VEGAS…WHICH WAS A HUGH SUCCESS…
IN THE MEANTIME…ANOTHER GROUP…R.E.I. OUT OF MICHIGAN HAS PLANS TO BUILD A SPORTS ARENA OM DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS AS PART OF A 9 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT…
IT MEANS BOTH THE NHL AND THE NBA COULD EXPAND INTO VEGAS AND PLAY IN DIFFERENT ARENAS…
BUT WITHOUT QUESTION…THE ARENA PLANNED BY HARRAH’S IS THE ONE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT…AND HERE’S WHY…
THERE ARE 200 THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE…
VEGAS BABY…VEGAS…


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