The crowd outside T-Mobile Arena on Sunday afternoon was bloodthirsty, and also Cup-thirsty.
“We want the Cup!” was the roar from 3,000 euphoric Golden Knights fans partying in the heat of the Strip. “We want the Cup!”
To clarify, this isn’t the first time Las Vegas has yearned for the Stanley Cup. We’ve asked for it before, many times, but as a prop.
We’ve wanted the Cup for display in the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel, for instance. Or at the Park Theater retail store, or on a platform at the pool at the Palms so that guests could swim up for photo ops during NHL Awards parties.