I flip back this calendar and must confess, at first I didn’t take to “Vegas” as a nickname, nor Bill Foley’s reasoning that people who live here refer to the city as “Vegas.” As a 22-year Las Vegan, I didn’t see this issue as did the NHL expansion team owner.
I thought Las Vegas was the way to go, and Silver Knights as the nickname to match the state’s own moniker.
Whew, wrong there. Over time, Vegas rang true.
We suffered this event that was so unspeakably tragic that we became Vegas Strong. That’s how we were, right along with this team that was Vegas Born.