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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I haven't followed this as closely as many of you folks have but has anyone from Vegas formally come out and said they would be interested in hosting the NHL? While it has many benefits it also requires a pretty big commitment from the city, state, hotels and the venues. For T-Mobile in particular, if they commit to the NHL for three months, or whatever, that means their ability to host anything else is basically zero.
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This is an NHL project, they wouldn't be looking for volunteers, hosts, etc... Everyone position involved will we a paid position. Given what tourism is going to look like, and that its Vegas, 600 plus hotel rooms for a couple of weeks and dropping as the playoffs progress is nothing. If they have to block of floors at a time, that won't be a problem as hotels occupancy will be a fraction of capacity. They would need 25 charter buses to begin play to shuttle teams to and from the Summerlin practice facility. Catering and feeding the players and their (potential) families would be a breeze. As for T Mobil, their calendar is blank until October 11. The biggest concern has to be keeping the players and staff in their bubble, I can actually see a couple of the casinos having players only areas on the gambling floor.
With literally every event in an event city cancelled for there's no question the city and Clark County will have no problem pulling this off. These playoffs are small potatoes to typical Vegas events and conventions.