According to an article in the New York Post, the NHL has chosen William Foley, a billionaire businessman, and the Maloof family, former owners of the Sacramento Kings, to be the potential owners of a Las Vegas expansion team.

The NHL has made no formal commitments to expansion.

Bill Daly, NHL Deputy Commissioner, said Monday that he had met with a Las Vegas ownership group and liked the idea of expanding to the Nevada city. He did not give specifics as to whom he spoke to.  

According to the Post's sources, the franchise fee would cost $400 million which would be significantly higher than the fee for both the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets back when the league last expanded in 2000.