NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is keen to expand the NHL to new cities. (He’s also keen on lockouts but that’s another story for another time.) After all the discussion over which cities would be applying to join the NHL family, only two cities put down the ten million dollar (two million non-refundable) deposit to signal they want to be part of the NHL’s expansion.
Those two cities are Las Vegas and Quebec City.
The last few months have been about Las Vegas and how more hockey in the desert is a good thing. Gary Bettman loves hockey in the desert, and will likely do all he can to push for hockey in a city where the temperatures easily hit 110 degrees.