Sports Get Under Our Skin — And On Our Skin, Too (In Other Words, You Will Like These VGK Photos)

By ALAN SNEL

LVSportsBiz.com

 

Sports.

 

There’s UFC fighter Conor McGregor throwing a dolly into a bus window and getting busted in New York City.

 

The bad and stupid side of sports. (And he’ll probably still get his $300 million 2.0 cage re-match with Money Mayweather.)

 

Then, there are the Vegas Golden Knights, turning a city known for casinos and Elvises into a town where a fancy hotel on the Strip fashions a chocolate statue in the likeness of the local team’s star goalie who simply goes by, “Flower.” And another Strip hotel with a big replica of the Statue of Liberty Lady hangs a Knights jersey on Lady Liberty.

 

The smile-invoking side of sports.

 

Sometimes you hate them.

 

But so many can’t live without of them.

 

A new NHL team created from scratch with a roster of players assembled less than a year ago has brought Las Vegas together in ways few institutions can. In a divided nation, the 2017-hatched squad of guys on skates has unified more than 18,000 under one roof on nights in a big ice house on the Strip.

 

Friday night when the Vegas Golden Knights played the Los Angeles Kings in Game 2, LVSportsBiz.com photographer Erik John Ricardo captured a few images to show this new bond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Golden Knights leave Las Vegas Saturday to travel to downtown Los Angeles for play the LA Kings at Staples Center Sunday and Tuesday evenings. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

 

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