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8 gifts Las Vegas sports fans got this year

Sports in Las Vegas rose to a whole new level this year.

From getting a major league team to hosting big fights and even seeing major sports book renovations, local sports fans got quite a bit in the last 12 months. Many of them even being things sports fans never thought they’d see come to Sin City.

Here’s a list of gifts Las Vegas sports fans could say they got for Christmas this year:

MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS

Las Vegas landed its first major league sports team this year with the National Hockey League awarding Bill Foley an expansion team on June 22.