Foley wants Golden Knights to be 'the team of the Rockies'
The NHL officially became a 31-team league Wednesday, with the Vegas Golden Knights making their final expansion payment. Bill Foley's in business.
As general manager George McPhee looks to make his first official transaction, Foley, the team's owner, has big plans for his team. His practice facility is being built, his scouts are doing work over in Europe, a uniform is on the way, and now he's shifting his sights to broadcast deals.
"My goal is to make our team the team of the Rockies," Foley told ESPN's Arash Markazi. "We want to be the team that broadcasts in Boise, Reno, Salt Lake City, St. George, Utah, all through Montana and into Fresno, which is a shared territory, and San Francisco.
"It's the Vegas Golden Knights, but we're really going to be the Rocky Mountain Golden Knights," he said. "We're going to be everywhere."
McPhee will be at the general managers meetings next week in Florida, and it's only a matter of time before Vegas has its first player.
Excited, yet?