from Alan Snel of the Las Vegas Review-Journal,

MGM Resorts declined to comment Wednesday on the Maloofs’ efforts. AEG officials were unavailable for comment.

Bill Daly, the NHL deputy commissioner, was in Las Vegas recently to attend a sports lawyers meeting. He said he “took the opportunity to review progress on the arena. It was nothing more than that,” according to ESPN.com.

The New York Post reported Wednesday that the NHL had picked Maloofs-Foley as the owners for the Las Vegas expansion team, citing anonymous sources.

Foley denied that.

“We haven’t made any decisions on expansion yet, much less expansion to Las Vegas,” Foley told the Review-Journal. “We have not discussed or identified potential ownership groups publicly.”

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