One of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas isn't, well, hot _ at least temperature wise. It's on ice.
We're talking about the National Hockey League's newest team, the Vegas Golden Knights, which has drawn capacity crowds since its first season in 2017. Make that over-capacity. The Knights have proven so phenomenally successful, standing-room-only tickets at the city's new T-Mobile Arena push average attendance to the 106-percent mark.
There's no doubt about the skill level of a team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals its first year. But a Knights game is about more than hockey. It delivers razzle-dazzle in spades. There's a sword fight at center ice, archers join the battle from above the crowd and other knight-themed elements add to the pizazz. Vegas showgirls distract the opposing team during warm-ups, and music blasts through the building at near-Metallica levels. And there's a hockey game, too.
"We take very much an event-based approach," says Golden Knights president Kerry Bubolz. "What (fans) are going to see is an entertainment experience that � whether you like hockey or not _ matches the other great events and entertainment on the Strip. When you think about Cirque du Soleil and Britney Spears, we've got some of the best (entertainment) residencies in the world here. We have to match that."
Consider this hockey done Vegas style _ or, perhaps, Cirque du Hockey _ at a venue surrounded by all sorts of other attractions, from enticing eateries to music venues, public art, shops and, of course, casinos.
Here are just a few spots to dine, play and stay, while you're in town for a game.
