(From right) Bill Foley, chairman, Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Black Knight and FIS addresses the crowd with Gary Bettman and Rossi Ralenkotter during the “Let’s Bring Hockey to Las Vegas!” press conference at the MGM Grand Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015.
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The group attempting to bring a National Hockey League expansion franchise to Las Vegas hit another milestone in their season-ticket deposit drive.
Hockey Vision Las Vegas announced today deposits for more than 8,000 season tickets have been secured since the campaign launched Feb. 10. They are aiming for deposit money for 10,000 season tickets.
“This announcement is great news,” said Bill Foley, the Florida businessman who heads Hockey Vision Las Vegas, in a statement. “The goal of the season ticket drive is to demonstrate the long-term viability of an NHL franchise in Las Vegas. Securing more than 8,000 season ticket deposits – in less than one month – helps demonstrate that Las Vegas wants hockey. There is significant momentum in this campaign and we are looking forward to the day we can announce that we have hit our goal.”
Tickets range from $20-$40 ($150 deposit per ticket) a game for the upper ends of the arena and $150-$220 ($900) deposit) for center ice. They can be secured in commitments of one, three, five or 10 years. Deposit money is refundable if no franchise is awarded. Fans participating in the deposit campaign will have priority in selecting seats.
The drive doesn’t include luxury suites. Before the drive launched, they already had commitments for half of the 44 luxury suites at $150,000 to $250,000 per suite. All eight of the bunker suites, or event-level suites, were sold for $1.1 million. All of the purchases are multiyear commitments.
If Las Vegas gets a team, it would begin play in the 2016-17 season at the privately financed MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group area being constructed behind New York-New York.
Visit VegasWantsHockey.com for information.
Ray Brewer can be reached at 702-990-2662 or [email protected]. Follow Ray on Twitter at twitter.com/raybrewer21
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