from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun,

Just call it a sign of the times, Vegas style.

On this steamy desert afternoon, sweaty construction workers continue to weld, rivet and hammer together the skeleton of the spectacular Las Vegas Arena, Sin City’s future hockey home. At least that’s what it will be if entrepreneur Bill Foley has his way.

Perhaps the huge ad plastered on a neighbouring building tells the whole story.

The one which has the word “DRINK” blaring in huge letters.

For visiting coaches whose teams come here in the event Foley amd his friends land their franchise, that might be the last advice they want their players to see as they pull into the magnificent new rink, which is just a stagger away from the famed Strip.

But for the time being, maybe Foley hopes the NHL Board of Governors who are here for meetings this week will get the message and rubber stamp the process that will bring an NHL team one step closer to coming here.

In other words, DRINK Foley’s Kool-Aid that professional hockey’s elite league belongs in Vegas. And vice versa.

To that end, all the signs are there that a vote on an expansion team for Vegas could come as early as September.

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