Vegas Golden Knights and City of Henderson Stage Event Wednesday To Promote New Silver Knights Minor League Hockey Arena
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
If you ever have doubts about how long it takes for local government to build projects, bear witness to government’s ability to get things done when it comes to building sports arenas and stadium with local professional sports teams.
That local road widening project might take a while, but it’s stunning to see how fast government works when it comes to building sports venues for professional teams.
Case in point: City of Henderson and the Vegas Golden Knights and their joint project to build the Henderson Events Center arena to house the new VGK affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League. The city is rebuilding the Henderson Pavilion at the Green Valley and Paseo Verde parkways into a 6,019-seat arena for the VGK’s top affiliate and both the city and the VGK marked the project Wednesday by showing where the venue’s center ice will be located. It’s expected to be ready for the 2022-23 season.
The Silver Knights will play initially at the Orleans Arena (where the old Las Vegas Wranglers used to play) before they move into the $84 million Henderson arena. The Golden Knights and the city are splitting the cost, each paying $42 million. The new arena is expected to be completed in 18 months.
LVSportsBiz.com photographer J. Tyge O’Donnell was on the scene in Henderson with these photos this afternoon.
In other VGK news, owner Bill Foley said he tested positive for the novel coronavirus be told The Hockey News reporter that he’s feeling OK.
Foley also have a lot of money to Republican political candidates. According to fivethirtyeight, check out Foley’s political contribution numbers:
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