Las Vegas will officially be home to an NHL franchise for the 2017-18 season.

Las Vegas will now be the 8th team in the Pacific Division, bringing the Western Conference up to 15 teams. There are 16 teams in the Eastern Conference. The NHL's Board of Governors voted unanimously in the decision according to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.

Las Vegas' owner Bill Foley will have to pay a 500 million US dollar expansion fee, compared to the $80 million Minnesota and Columbus paid in 2000. 14,000 season-ticket deposits have already been taken for the 2017-18 season. In comparison, when the Winnipeg Jets were announced to return they needed 13,000, which they had within 3-and-a-half hours after going on sale.

Las Vegas will play out of T-Mobile Arena, an incredible building at the south end of the Las Vegas strip. The arena's capacity is 17,500. 

There will be an expansion draft at the end of the 2016-17 season, and the rules for the 2017 entry draft can be found here. 

No-rdiques

Despite having a brand new arena in the Videotron (very.... Quebecois?) Centre, Quebec will not be seeing an NHL franchise returning in the near future.

Quebec left the NHL in 1995, when the Nordiques moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche and won the Stanley Cup the following year. No doubt the 16 team Eastern Conference, and the weak Canadian dollar played a factor in the NHL's decision.