NHL Becomes First Major Sport to Put a Team in Las Vegas
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The Las Vegas 'strip' is seen in this aerial photograph in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.
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Las Vegas is getting a major league team.
The National Hockey League voted Wednesday to add a franchise in Las Vegas, a city big-time professional sports leagues have until now avoided because sports betting is legal there. The team, which doesn’t have a name yet, will play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference.