Las Vegas had a hockey team? I think Phoenix, Arizona is the home to the Coyotes we know from the NHL.

Yeah, they moved from Oklahoma in 1999 and played a single season of roller hockey before the league shut down in 2000. There's quite a story about their previous tenure in Oklahoma.

Yeah, because I know Las Vegas is well known for being in the middle of nowhere like a mirage in the middle of the desert. I've traveled to Las Vegas a few times in my life and I loved every single minute of it, despite all the casinos smelling like cigars. I also like exploring the desert just outside the city. There are some snakes and lizards and scorpions, plus that little bat species that eats nectar from cacti.

Yeah, the Coyotes played a single season there in 1999. Before they moved, an Oklahoma businessman named Billy Ballew owned the team, whose practice rink was located within his restaurant. He even received money from Barry Switzer and Troy Aikman to run the team. In 1997, he was busted for tax evasion and the team was left in limbo.