![]() ![]() Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel (9) skates with the Stanley Cup after the Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. People in the crowd Saturday recalled the shooting and the role the Golden Knights played in helping to rebuild the spirit of the community. His motive for the attack was never firmly established. The gunman killed himself before police reached him. Authorities said more than 850 people were injured. Fifty-eight people died that night and two died later of their injuries. Las Vegas police said they prepared for upwards of 100,000 people to cram street-level viewing areas along Las Vegas Boulevard for the celebration that planners compared with annual New Year’s Eve fireworks shows that in past years drew estimates of 400,000 people.Īt one point people separated barricades and climbed fences but the crowd otherwise remained orderly.Ībove the arena stage where the hockey players gathered with the trophy, a banner displayed the names of victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and injured more than 850.Ī lone gunman rained bullets from 32nd floor windows of the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd of 20,000 people at an outdoor country music festival across the street. Las Vegas police prepared Friday for upwards of 100,000 people to cram viewing areas along Las Vegas Boulevard for a celebration that planners were comparing to annual New Year’s Eve fireworks shows. Tens of thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans, maybe more, are expected at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally to mark the team’s first-ever NHL championship. FILE - Fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip during a New Year's Eve celebration Jan 1, 2023, in Las Vegas. The motorcade route proceeded from an area near Flamingo Road about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) to Tropicana Avenue before a fan rally at Toshiba Plaza and the Park District in front of T-Mobile Arena. Guests in high-rises with views of the strip were awakened by security guards asking to check around windows for guns or other weapons. LAS VEGAS (AP) - Thousands of Vegas Golden Knights fans lined the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally in front of the team’s home arena to mark the city’s first NHL championship.įor the team that played its first game as an expansion franchise in October 2017 and for tourists in hotel rooms with windows overlooking the parade route in 2023, the event bore echoes of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. ![]() Free Press 101: How we practise journalism. ![]()
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