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MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league's board of governors agreed to consider an expansion application from Seattle.

Bettman said the expansion fee has been set at $650 million for Seattle,Authentic Marc-Andre Fleury jersey, which would become the league's 32nd team, if approved. He made the announcement Thursday after the
first day of the board of governors meeting.

"We've agreed as a league to take and consider an expansion application, a season-ticket drive, and to let them run in the next few months,adidas Mike Condon jersey," Bettman said. "This is a process
that we go through."

Bill Foley paid a $500 million expansion fee for the Vegas Golden Knights. They began play this season.

Seattle plans to have a new arena ready by 2020 with the intent of luring NHL and NBA teams as anchor tenants.

Bettman says Seattle is the only city being considered for expansion at the moment,Authentic Craig Anderson jersey, which means an NHL team likely won't be playing in Quebec City's 18,adidas Marc-Andre Fleury jersey,259-seat Videotron Centre
in the foreseeable future.

"Obviously, not the least of which is our conference alignment, there a lot of differences between Seattle and Quebec City," Bettman said. "Our plan is just to look at Seattle
at this point."

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan said she spoke with Tim Leiweke,adidas James Neal jersey, part of the Oak View Group that got approval to renovate KeyArena,Authentic Mike Condon jersey, and that they "couldn't be more thrilled." She
hopes to meet with potential owner David Bonderman soon.

"I think we'll see the launch after the first of the year because it's not the time right now to be launching that kind of campaign. But I think there is a lot of pent up
appetite in Seattle for this,adidas Craig Anderson jersey," Durkan said. "I think we'll meet the benchmarks we need to meet and in the mean time we'll be negotiating the side agreements,Authentic James Neal jersey, doing the
environmental work and moving forward so we can open when the NHL wants to come."

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