<Tr> <Th> Division championships </Th> <Td> 1 (2017--18) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> nhl.com/goldenknights </Td> </Tr> <P> The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area . The team began play in the 2017--18 NHL season, and is a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team is owned by Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, a consortium led by Bill Foley and the Maloof family . The team plays its home games at T - Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada . </P> <P> The NHL has had a presence in Las Vegas since 1991, when an outdoor game was held in Las Vegas, with the Los Angeles Kings facing the New York Rangers outside Caesars Palace in a preseason exhibition game . The city since then hosted the Frozen Fury, a preseason competition between the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche, which ended in 2016, and the NHL Awards ceremonies have been held in Las Vegas since 2009 . In 2009, the media speculated about a plan involving Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Nevada . </P>

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