Michigan native Mike MacDonald wore a Detroit jersey and a Vegas cap when the hockey teams met in October. As he looked around T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas that night, the North Salt Lake resident guessed that three-fourths of the fans were backing the Red Wings.
The colors inside the building morphed into the gold, gray, red and black of Vegas as the season went along and MacDonald kept attending games with his partial season tickets. “Pretty cool to see that transition,” he said, as the Golden Knights more and more became Las Vegas’ team.
As the Knights prepare to host Monday’s Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals vs.