to make the announcement. the name could be the desert... silver... or golden knights. this is the night we've been waiting for! i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. an identity will be born tonight. las vegas was awarded the franchise on june 22-nd. since then -- fans have been anxiously waiting and wondering what the team will be called. we have coverage of the las vegas team name announcement at the t-mobile arena... fox five's vince sapienza has reaction from hockey fans and season ticket holders... but first we start with fox five's sport director kevin bolinger with more on the announcement. closed captioning will resume closed captioning

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now that we'll soon have a team merchandise will be up for sale! and -- it's just in time for christmas. right after the announcement at t-mobile arena... the n-h-l gear will start to sell on site... and on the n-h-l dot com online

there will be polo shirts... t-shirts... hats... and bags. the franchise tells us jerseys and sweaters will not be available just yet. the las vegas n- h-l franchise will be part of a docudrama. a local company -- called levy productions -- is producing the piece. take a look. "board approved plan expansion. city major league dreams. a man on a mission. thousands fan rallied. taem making history. give up nhl hockey in las vegas cheers." the docudrama expansion team's story... and will have a behind the scenes look at the team. it will have ten episodes... and airs december 7-th on cox cable channel 96. another big sports story happening tonight. there's a twist happening with the oakland raiders re-locating to las vegas. oakland city officials say they're making progress with plans to build a new stadium of

raiders there. this comes weeks after local and state lawmakers here in nevada have already approved the funding plan for a new, nearly two point billion dollar nfl stadium in las vegas. fox5's eric hilt is live at russell and the i-15, which is one of the possible sites for that stadium... last night the raiders played a home game not in oakland...but in mexico city -- and there are a lot of people in las vegas that hope soon the raiders will be playing their home games here in the valley... but now another twist in this ongoing relocation drama -- the city of oakland says its making headway with plans to build their own new stadium. nats -- radiers game while the raiders were playing south of the border in mexico city last night... nats -- raiders game back in oakland, city officials were putting the final touches on a framework for a plan to build a new stadium -- and

"there is an actual framework in place" today oakland mayor libby schaaf talked about that framework with bay area fox affiliate ktvu... "the lott group has the ability and the willingness...more than that..the passion to actually put the private money into this deal that i believe it will take to actually build a stadium under the conditions that mark davis has always said he needs" that "lott group" is a team of private investors led by former raider great ronnie lott... who talked about the groups push to keep the raiders in oakland last month. "its a number of people who said they want to contribute not just who they are but actual dollars and cents to this effort" an effort that local leaders say isn't a threat to a raider relocation to las vegas "sot" county

today i spoke with a representative from sands corporation who is a major player and the major private funder in this las vegas plan... soc the raiders say they plan to

nfl owners meeting in january. 24 of the 32 owners would need to vote to approve that plan for the raiders to move. let's check in with fox five's meteorlogist sam argier with a quick look at the forecast. skies will stay mostly clear for your tuesday evening with temperatures falling into the 40s overnight. a disturbance will be moving across the area on wednesday, bringing just a few clouds with breezy winds. winds will be in the 10 to 20 mph range around the las vegas valley with high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. thanksgiving day will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid to low 60s. winds will be calmer around las

and bullhead city, gusts in excess of 30 mph will still be blowing out of the north. friday stays mostly clear with 60s before bigger changes arrive this weekend. a system moves in late saturday afternoon with stronger winds and the chance of a few showers later saturday evening. the shower chance will continue into sunday with temperatures falling into the upper 50s on sunday. monday and tuesday are trending cooler with high temperatures holding in the 50s.

is shut down because of a barricade. sterling gardens motel has been evacuated... after police say a person locked themself in there. fox5's adam herbets is live at the scene near fremont and 21-st street with an update on how much longer this could go on. well john christine last time we got an update from the police was about a few hours ago but they just sent out a tweet saying the situation remains on going expect road closures for several more hours several more hours and that's a long time especially considering that this whole thing started in the afternoon when the sun was still out it was about 1245 please say the suspect they're looking for the guy who's hold up up in that motel fired a gun at somebody... he missed he didn't hit anyone but then after that that's when he went up into the room that's when the police got involved and ever since then they say he is refused to come out they say they know he's in there but they

they're taking every precaution to make sure this whole area is safe and that they are safe as well because they're trying to get him out in a peaceful manner themselves again there aren't any injuries in this case they're trying to keep it that way the victim is cooperating with police but we also spoke to a guy who's cooperating with perez as well he says the guy who is staying right next to his motel room is the suspect he describes the guy is a white man with a ponytail had a dog had a girlfriend but until today he thought he was pretty normal "

focusing on. room 21 of the sterling gardens very quiet. said hello to people. seemed like a nice individual. until today. whatever happened in that room, we don't know. and we still don't know what's happening in that room right now fremont street is blocked off in between 21st right here where i am and bruce street and of course will be out here until we figure out what the conclusion is on this barricade situation where i live downtown adam herbets fox five news local las vegas now fox5 weather 24/7 skies will stay mostly clear for your tuesday evening with temperatures falling into the 40s overnight. a disturbance will be moving across the area on wednesday, bringing just a few

winds. winds will be in the 10 to 20 mph range around the las vegas valley with high temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. thanksgiving day will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the mid to low 60s. winds will be calmer around las vegas, but for our friends in laughlin and bullhead city, gusts in excess of 30 mph will still be blowing out of the north. friday stays

for all you friendsgiving hosts, invite who you want, not who you must. serve a turkey, don't serve a turkey. bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. and don't forget something sweet, and golden brown

the coffee table, set no table at all. the only rule to follow on friendsgiving... is make it your own.

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