28 Years Ago Today: LA Kings Play First Game in [Las] Vegas

The Golden Knights made [Las] Vegas their permanent home in 2017, but the first ever game played in the Sin City happened a long, long time ago.
On September 27, 1991, the LA Kings decided that indoor hockey was so 1990 and headed outdoors in the middle of the desret to take on the NY Rangers in the Caesars Palace parking lot.
Let's take a look and break down the footage:

...it's so beautiful.
The temperature was in the mid-80s, but the ice survived, and the Kings scored five consecutive goals after falling behind 2-0.
Related: Wake me when the Kings don't fall behind 2-0 in a game.
There was even a sellout crowd of 13,007 on hand to watch it all unfold.

This fan gets that you should never forget the "Las" in Las Vegas.
The game was, understandably, a spectacle.

At least you'll never see anything ridiculous at a Golden Knights ga--

...I spoke way to soon.
The game itself was an entirely different experience for the players, as noted by then-Kings captain Wayne Gretzky.
"We were a little bit in awe and I'm sure [the Rangers] were too," said Wayne Gretzky, who scored the game's final goal. "We kept looking at each other and couldn't believe we were playing hockey in 80-degree weather. But it was real nice."

#Nice
It's pretty crazy to think about how far we've come from a technological perspective. Yet, in 1991, we were still able to play hockey outdoors, and attach gigantic GoPros onto goaltenders helmets.
The latter technology, which was then dubbed the "Hrudey Cam" for goalie Kelly Hrudey (look, hockey people aren't exactly the most celever bunch), showed us a whole new world on the ice.
We saw Hrudey fight off shots, make big saves, and celebrate with teammates.
It also provided us with more evidence that professional hockey players are just giant children.

"Hi mom," indeed, Bob Kudelski.
Check out the entire video below: