Ugly Oilers fans wear out welcome

Las Vegas is a Hockey Town! Our team has exceeded our expectations.

As a city, we are embracing our new team and all that comes with hockey tourism.

To date, we have enjoyed several games and fans from visiting teams (here’s to you Winnipeg — we had a blast) and win or lose the atmosphere has been good hockey fun.

That changed on Saturday, Jan. 13.

Imagine our surprise when we arrived to our seasonticket seats to find them occupied by Oilers fans from Edmonton who refused to leave our seats.

After we finally got into our seats our section was barraged with the foulest language we have heard at an NHL game, and we’re from Pittsburgh so we know a few foul words.

When my husband mentioned to the Oilers fan that there were women and children around he was told, in no uncertain words, to — well, I’m sure you get the picture.

The final insults came in the shower of drinks that rained down on us from intoxicated Oilers fans falling down the aisle and from our potty-mouthed “friend” from Edmonton behind us.

Instead of staying for the end of the third period and overtime, we left T-Mobile Arena and promptly gave away our tickets for the upcoming Oilers versus Golden Knights game on Feb. 15.

Hockey tourism is wonderful for Las Vegas and the NHL.

Being drunken, belligerent, mean people is not good for anyone.

Perhaps they thought this was acceptable behaviour because this is Las Vegas. I assure you it is not.

I only hope the next time our teams meet, the game is as well played in the stands as it was on the ice.

Amy L. Cercone, Las Vegas