The application deadline for NHL expansion came and went Monday afternoon with anunderwhelming turnout, according to reports.As expected Rod Carew Jersey , groups from Las Vegas and Quebec City submitted pitches. The bigger news was the reported absence of othercities.MORE: | Seattle, longconsidered the NHL's most desirable expansion locale, did not produce a biddespite boasting three separate groups with interest,. In all three instances, politics and the lack oftangible plans to build an arenapresented i suesthat could not be reconciled with the NHL's expansion timeline.The leagueannounced it would open a for inquiring parties last month. Prospective bidders were required to pay a $10 million applicationfee $2 million of which would be non-refundable. Should it award a franchise, the NHLreportedly could fetch a fee of as much as $500 million from new owners.Victor Coleman, a real estate mogul leading the effort to bring a team to the SoDo area of Seattle, Max Kepler Jersey had been trying to convince the city to revise public funding plans for anarena thatare contingent upon an NBA franchise first becominga tenant.Connecticut investment banker Ray Bartoszek sought to build an arena in suburban Tukwilabut was unable topurchase the landfor development before the NHL's deadline, .A third bid that would bring a team toBellevue, Seattles largest suburb, fell apart in the weeks leading up to the deadline despite the presence of a power broker who previously helped place teams in Minnesota and Anaheim, The Seattle Times reported.Toronto venture capitalistGraeme Roustanalso did Fernando Rodney Jersey not apply, reports said,. Roustanfor yearshas fought an uphill battle to build an arena in the Toronto suburb ofMarkham, and the decline of the Canadian looniefurther complicated the prospects of a second NHL team inthe Greater Toronto Area.Other cities linked to the NHL expansion proce s Portland, Ore., Kansas City, Mo., andMilwaukee lacked prospective owners to lead abid.For Las Vegas and Quebec, Monday's developments formalized their .A group led by billionaire Bill Jason Castro Jersey Foley has secured down payments formore than13,000 season tickets.A state-of-the-art arena in Las Vegas is under construction and is expected to be ready to house a teamby the 2016-17 season.Foleys application was submittedunder the name Black Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC.The Quebec media conglomerate Quebecor announced Monday it has "submitted our candidacy for the NHL expansion proce s in order to bring theNordiquesback to Quebec Byron Buxton Jersey City. An 18,000-seat arena is set to open in the city by September.The NHL has not publicly disclosed whether it has receivedbids. Deputy commi sioner Bill Daly that aformal announcement would likely come later in the week.
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