Golden Knights Players Visit Almost-Complete Lifeguard Arena

A group of Golden Knights players made their way into the team's soon-to-be-completed hockey facility in Henderson on Monday, which was "built in partnership" with the city, which contributed $15.15M toward the nearly $26M project,  according to Mick Akers of the LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Lifeguard Arena features "two NHL-size sheets of ice, one dubbed the Vegas Golden Knights rink and featuring the Knights' logo, and the other the Silver Knights rink," as that is where the organization's recently purchased AHL franchise will practice. Both rinks "will be open for public use." The arena "takes elements" from City National Arena in Summerlin, where the Golden Knights practice. Golden Knights VP/Hockey Programming & Facility Operations Darren Eliot said that outside, a plaza is being constructed that will feature a 46-foot "video screen on the side of Lifeguard Arena, where watch parties for Golden Knights and Raiders games and other events could take place." The facility is currently allowing "only youth hockey and figure skating practice, but the plan is to have the arena fully open with COVID-19 regulations in place in November." For the Silver Knights, there are "team offices, multiple equipment rooms, a 10,000-square-foot locker room, a gym, a rehabilitation room, cleaning facilities, a meal room and a video room." It will be about 6 miles from the under-construction, up-to-$84M, 6,000-seat Henderson Events Center, where the Silver Knights are "set to play beginning in 2022" (LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, 10/28).