Sin City is getting hockey, two sources close to the situation told The Post.
The NHL is arranging the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to billionaire William Foley, who will move the team to Las Vegas, giving it its first major professional franchise, one source said.
“Las Vegas has reached 10,000 season ticket deposits,” enough to justify a franchise, the other source said.
Foley said in January that he needed 10,000 ticket deposits to get an NHL team.
Foley will move them for the 2016-17 season, the source said. The Post last year was the first to report Foley was backing a Vegas franchise.
MGM Resorts and arena operator AEG are building a 20,000-seat, hockey-ready arena in Las Vegas that is slated to open in spring 2016.
A Coyotes spokesman said, “The Coyotes are committed to playing in Arizona.” When asked for how long, the spokesman reiterated the team was committed to playing in Arizona. “Period.” Arizona last year ranked 28th in attendance.
Meanwhile, the city council in Glendale, Ariz., last month voted to terminate its lease agreement that expires in 2028 that has the city paying the team $15 million a year for a share of revenue.
The NHL is also eyeing expansion franchises in the Toronto and Seattle areas for the 2017-18 season, a source said.
The NHL announced it was accepting applications for expansion franchises from July 6 until Aug. 10.
Former Bauer Hockey Chairman Graeme Roustan is the lead person putting together a Toronto-area expansion team bid.
The NHL denied the story.
Foley and Roustan did not return calls.