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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
The Vegas Golden Knights championship parade is set for the Strip Saturday at 7 PM.
The Stanley Cup celebration includes a parade on Las Vegas Boulevard and rally at Toshiba Plaza in front of T-Mobile Arena.
The route begins at Flamingo Road at 7PM, as we first reported earlier today. The parade route extends to Tropicana Boulevard. Both sides of Las Vegas Boulevard will be closed during the parade.
It then culminate with a rally at the plaza and park district in front of T-Mobile Arena, beginning at approximately 9 p.m. PT.
The Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers, 9-3, Tuesday to win the Best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final, four games to one. Vegas defeated Winnipeg, Edmonton and Dallas in the playoffs before defeating the Panthers.
The Knights stressed the theme of taking care of unfinished business during this two-month championship run after losing in the Cup Final in 2018 and in the NHL semis in 2020 and 2021.
It’s back-to-back championships for the Las Vegas market. The WNBA Las Vegas Aces won the league title in 2022 after the former San Antonio franchise was moved to Las Vegas by MGM Resorts International in 2018 and rebranded into the Aces. Raiders owner Mark Davis bought the Aces from MGM Resorts.
After the VGK win, LVSportsBiz.com caught up with ESPN NHL analyst Kevin Weekes to discuss Las Vegas, the Golden Knights and VGK owner Bill Foley.
We also talked with VGK minority owners, the Maloof family members — Gavin and Joe Maloof.