I'm wondering if Las Vegas, as a tourist heavy city, becomes more of a strategic team for the NHL.
With a team in Seattle or Quebec City, you're going to be drawing upon the local population, which is fine. But the transient nature of Las Vegas isn't just going to be relied on to keep the team afloat (I think it will have to, and that is risky), but the tourist attendance could also expose a lot of new people to the game and create new fans in new regions of the US. That might be grasping at straws a bit, but it could be another reason why Vegas is being looked at over Seattle, Kansas or Quebec.
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