VEGAS (September 13, 2024) – The Vegas Golden Knights announced today, September 13, plans to host the 1 October Memorial Blood Drive on Tuesday, October 1, to honor Las Vegas area first responders, victims and generous blood donors on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. The event is being held in partnership with Vitalant and Downtown Summerlin®.
The blood drive will take place in the lot north of City National Arena from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT on October 1. Parking will be available in the Las Vegas Ballpark lot east of City National Arena. Donors can make appointments to give blood at vitalant.org/1october. All blood types are needed at this drive, especially type O which is of critical importance due to its universal qualities.
Select members of the Golden Knights organization, including team broadcasters and VGK Cast, will be present during parts of the day to donate blood, greet fans and support those who were impacted by the tragedy of 1 October.
WHO: Vegas Golden Knights, Vitalant and Downtown Summerlin®
WHAT: 1 October Memorial Blood Drive
WHEN: Tuesday, October 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT
WHERE: City National Arena (1550 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV)
The Vegas Golden Knights, who play a preseason game October 1 at Colorado, will announce additional plans to recognize the anniversary of the tragedy in the coming weeks.
ABOUT THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
The Vegas Golden Knights are a National Hockey League franchise owned and operated by Black Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC. Established by Owner and Chairman Bill Foley and his family, the Golden Knights were the most successful expansion franchise in North American professional sports history in 2017-18 and won the Stanley Cup in 2022-23. For the latest news and information on the Golden Knights visit vegasgoldenknights.com and follow the team on Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok.
ABOUT VITALANT
Vitalant (Vye-TAL-ent)) is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. Individuals generously donating blood, volunteering and giving financially are essential to our lifesaving mission. Learn more at vitalant.org.
ABOUT DOWNTOWN SUMMERLIN®
Downtown Summerlin® is a thoughtfully planned urban center, serving the entire Las Vegas Valley. It includes retail, entertainment, sports, office and multi-family residential elements, all designed to create a vibrant, walkable urban core within the award-winning 22,500-acre Summerlin® master planned community. Downtown Summerlin totals nearly 400-acres and features more than 125 stores and restaurants in a streetscape-shopping environment with pedestrian thoroughfares and dynamic storefronts. The first phase of development opened to the public in October 2014. Today, Downtown Summerlin is also home to City National Arena, practice facility for the National Hockey League’s Vegas Golden Knights and Las Vegas Ballpark®, a 10,000-capacity professional Triple-A baseball stadium that is home to the Las Vegas Aviators® of the Pacific Coast League. Downtown Summerlin boasts four Class-A office buildings including – ONE and TWO Summerlin and 1700 Pavilion. The area is also home to three luxury multi-family developments encompassing nearly 700 units total - Constellation, Tanager and Tanager Echo, providing an inclusive community with an abundance of residential, optimal office space and connected walkability within the master plan that creates a destination unlike anything else in Southern Nevada. Rounding out landmark facilities are Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Lifetime Athletic and the City National Bank building. Additional information can be found at www.summerlin.com.
