from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of NHL.com,

The message is all over the Las Vegas Strip, writ large, all caps, on signs and billboards and marquees. It stretches across the video board outside T-Mobile Arena, home of the Vegas Golden Knights.

"WHEN THINGS GET DARK, LAS VEGAS SHINES. #Vegas Strong"

It will be the theme for the Golden Knights' inaugural home opener against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN360, TVA Sports, NHL.TV).

The Golden Knights will still walk a gold carpet and stage a fan march from the New York New York to T-Mobile Arena before the doors open. They will still highlight pride in Las Vegas in their pregame show, because they are the city's first major league pro sports team.

But they also had planned to play up their brand with medieval imagery, a knight pulling a sword out of a stone, the ice lighting up and cracking with special effects. That will now wait until their next home game, against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.

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added 9:13am, from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,