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NHL's Las Vegas expansion team named during bumbling presentation

Five months ago Las Vegas was awarded the NHL's 31st franchise. Now we know what to call it.

The city's first major professional sports team will be known, officially, as the Vegas Golden Knights. A group of NHL dignitaries, including commissioner Gary Bettman and team owner Bill Foley, made the unveil Tuesday night amid fanfare and some technical difficulties at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip, where the club will play beginning 2017.

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The party did not go off without a hitch.