las vegas aviators is the name of the new nhl team in las vegas.
what is the name of the new nhl team in las vegas?
las vegas aviators
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), which 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 region's third major professional team. las vegas is home to two minor league sports teams: the las vegas aviators of the triple-a pacific coast league (minor league baseball) and the las vegas lights fc of the usl championship, the league at the second level of the u.s. men's soccer league system. the las vegas lights are currently the only team playing in the city of las vegas, at the city-owned cashman field.
sports in the las vegas metropolitan area
with the impending start of the world hockey association (wha) in the fall of 1972, the upstart league had plans to place its new york team, the raiders, in nassau county's brand-new nassau veterans memorial coliseum. county officials did not consider the wha a major league and wanted to keep the raiders out. william shea, who had helped bring the major league baseball's new york mets to the area a decade earlier, was enlisted to bring an nhl team to long island. shea found a receptive ear in nhl president clarence campbell but faced opposition from the new york rangers, who didn't want additional competition in the new york area. eventually, campbell and shea persuaded the rangers' owners, madison square garden, to reconsider. rangers' president bill jennings realized that he had two choices. if he allowed another new york-based nhl team, he would at least be able to extract compensation from it for sharing the rangers' nhl territory. in contrast, a wha rival would not be obligated to pay the rangers anything. perhaps remembering the crucial role the new york jets had played in ensuring the success of the american football league just a few years earlier, jennings ended up helping to bring a new nhl team into town. despite expanding to 14 teams just two years prior, the nhl hastily awarded a long island-based franchise to clothing manufacturer roy boe, owner of the american basketball association's new york nets, on november 8, 1971. the terms of the franchise included $6 million ($ million in dollars) franchise fee plus a $5 million ($ million in dollars) territorial fee to the rangers. an expansion franchise was also given to atlanta (the flames) to keep the schedule balanced.
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