LAS VEGAS — What were the odds of NHL hockey existing where Bugsy Siegel pulled his car off a dusty road in the late 1940’s to envision the most famous strip of real estate on the planet?
When only six cities ruled the NHL until the late 1960’s, the number of NHL franchises currently sits pat at 30.
Regardless, bet the house on that number coming in at 32 — one in Quebec City. The other between the Monte Carlo and New York New York casinos on Las Vegas Boulevard, where a state-of-the-art entertainment complex is slowly rising in the desert sky on the “Strip” and is expected to be completed by April.