Las Vegas NHL expansion team Owner Bill Foley "gathered his staff" in Montana over the weekend to "begin identifying and contacting potential candidates" for GM and address other business issues for the club, according to Steve Carp of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. The franchise also is "working with NHL properties on team names and logos along with color schemes as it tries to finalize the nickname." Meetings also were "planned with the team’s sales staff, as contracts are being lined up with potential corporate sponsors." With the season-ticket base nearing 16,000, a decision "might be made about capping sales." As for the team’s nickname and logo, Foley "wants something that reflects the way he hopes his team will play." He will not have a public name-the-team contest because, as he has found out, "selecting a nickname isn’t as simple as saying 'We are X.'" Foley’s goal is to "have the name, logo and colors revealed at a public party at T-Mobile Arena in late September or early October" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 7/2).
