Wranglers Lend Hand To Habitat For Humanity Las Vegas

February 7, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Las Vegas Wranglers News Release


Las Vegas, NV - As part of the Wranglers ongoing support of not-for-profit organizations in the Las Vegas community, the Wranglers have announced that the entire roster of players, as well as members of the coaching and front office staffs, will be assisting in the construction of a home for Habitat for Humanity on Saturday, February 9th.

The Wranglers will visit a site in Las Vegas. There are seven homes currently under construction on land donated to Habitat for Humanity by the City of Las Vegas. The seven homes at one time will represent the largest build that Habitat Las Vegas has taken on. The homes are scheduled to be finished by the end of March. There are five three-bedroom homes, one two-bedroom home and one four-bedroom home. The houses will become home to seven different families with a total 14 children.

Established in Clark County, Nevada in 1991, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas has completed 62 homes. Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas is a not-for-profit organization that builds decent, affordable housing with the help of volunteer labor and donated time, materials and funds. Each home is sold at no profit and with a no-interest mortgage to local working families who otherwise might be forced to live in substandard housing. These families contribute "sweat equity" by helping in the construction of their own homes.

Habitat for Humanity partnered through the Las Vegas Wranglers Community First Awareness Program on January 11, 2008 with Hockey for Homes Night. The Community First Awareness Program spotlights a local cause each month by offering a t-shirt and ticket, or ticket only option, with proceeds benefiting the not-for-profit organization. The Wranglers have several more Awareness Nights planned for this season, with the next benefiting the American Heart Association on February 15th.

For more information on Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas, including information on volunteering, visit them at www.habitatlasvegas.org.

The Wranglers remain on the road in Phoenix on Thursday at 6:11 pm (PST) at U.S. Airways Center. The team will return home briefly before traveling to Bakersfield and Stockton next week. Las Vegas will return to the Orleans Arena on Friday, February 15th to host Victoria at 7:05 pm.

Individual game tickets are now on sale. Fans may purchase tickets on the Wranglers team website at www.lasvegaswranglers.com or the Orleans Arena website (www.orleansarena.com). Fans may also purchase tickets at any of the following locations in the valley: Galleria Mall, Orleans Casino showroom box office, Gold Coast Casino showroom box office and the Suncoast Casino showroom box office. Tickets may be ordered by phone at (702)-284-7777.

The Wranglers play all 36 home games at the Orleans Arena, located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino at 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue. Seat packages to see the Wranglers play at the Orleans Arena for the upcoming 2007-08 season are on sale now, starting as low as $157 per seat. Call (702) 471-PUCK (7825) for more information or visit

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