After months of "deliberation, going through legal hoops to secure the trademarks, copyrights and domain names," the Las Vegas expansion NHL team "will be called the Silver Knights, Desert Knights or Golden Knights," according to Steve Carp of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Team Owner Bill Foley on Monday said, "The name is definitely set. But I can’t tell you exactly what it is. That’s a secret.” Foley remains "committed to having a major announcement party at T-Mobile Arena." He said that the color scheme is "also set and the final logos were being made by adidas, which has worked with the team and the NHL for the past few months on the design and colors." Foley added that while the wait "has cost the team millions of dollars in sales, he thinks it can make up a good percentage of it once the nickname is announced and that shirts, hats and, most important, jerseys become available." Carp noted the team will "have its own store at T-Mobile Arena, and the tentative plan is to have merchandise available for sale the day of the announcement of the nickname" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL.com, 9/14).
