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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android.\u200B&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NHL has picked Las Vegas as its site for an expansion, if organizers can come up with a $500 million fee, reports the Associated Press.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An official announcement could follow the&amp;nbsp;Board of Governors meeting on June 22.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The earliest for the league to expand would be the 2017-18 season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The proposed expansion fee is much greater than when the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild paid&amp;nbsp;$80 million to join the league in 2000.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bill Foley, the leader of the Las Vegas bid, has previously said that 13,200 fans have put down deposits on season tickets for a potential team. A 20,000-seat multipurpose arena near the Las Vegas Strip opened in April.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 Dazzling NHL-ready arena in Las Vegas unveiled&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NHL's executive committee was also reportedly considering an expansion to Quebec City.&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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