There’s been a lot of news lately about different sports teams coming to Vegas. Currently the Oakland Raiders have been talking about perhaps becoming the Las Vegas Raiders, and in the past year or so, people have been serious about bringing Soccer and Hockey Teams to Vegas. However, Vegas might get what it wants: the Los Angeles Kings are coming to Las Vegas!
The Los Angeles Kings will host its annual “Frozen Fury” exhibition series in the 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in October.
The Kings will play the Dallas Stars on Oct. 7 and the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 8.
“We’re thrilled to incorporate this trip to Las Vegas into our preseason schedule,” Stars President, CEO and alternate governor Jim Lites said in a release. “The new T-Mobile Arena is a beautiful facility and we’re proud to take part in one of the first sporting events there.”
“We are excited to be featured in one of the very first sporting events at the new T-Mobile Arena and we look forward to creating new Frozen Fury memories there,” Kings president Luc Robitaille said. “The atmosphere at ‘Frozen Fury’ is always one of the highlights of our exhibition game schedule and we believe we can take this to a ‘next level’ in this new environment.
“Our fans will be excited that there will be two games this season, our 50th anniversary, and we know they – along with our players – are going to love this new state-of-the-art arena.”
The Wallstreet Journal Notes:
Major sports leagues have long steered clear of Las Vegas to avoid association with gamblers. The stigma, however, has faded as area’s economy has grown beyond gambling. Nongaming draws such as hotels, high-end dining, trendy nightclubs and spas generated 58.4% of revenue in Clark County last year, while gambling generated 41.6% of revenues, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, owned by AEG, began staging preseason games in Las Vegas nearly two decades ago, while the National Basketball Association hosted its All-Star Game there for the first time in 2007.
