Bill Foley estimates that three-quarters of his days are devoted to hockey, even though right now he’s calling from northern California wine country, site of one of several businesses owned by the billionaire proprietor—including, as of last June, an expansion NHL franchise. “You’ve got to remember,” Foley says. “I knew nothing about running a sports team. This is all new territory for me. It’s interesting. But it’s new territory.” Still, as the 2016-17 regular season shifted into drive, that still-unnamed organization based in Las Vegas continued knocking tasks from an unending list, each one pointing toward its on-ice debut next fall.
Las Vegas owner Bill Foley is confident his new NHL team name is worth the wait
