The NHL is reportedly expanding to either Houston or Austin as early as the end of 2026, NHL commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic. Friedkin’s Pursuit Sports is paying a $2 billion expansion fee. The exact city of the expansion team will be based on where a stadium can be built and will require final approval from the NHL’s Board of Governors.
So, that’s proceeding at a pace. We’ll probably get together with the group again in September and kind of see where they are in the process and what they want us to do to help, to the extent they need anything. He also said the NHL is discussing the possibility of another expansion team in either Phoenix or Atlanta.
We have ongoing discussions both with people in the Phoenix marketplace, but also Atlanta, and then we’ll see what comes of those discussions.” The Texas expansion team will be the 33rd team in the NHL.
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