# Name the Las Vegas football team

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 27, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634 "2014-08-27T14:44:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634/61 "2014-08-30T17:33:17Z")

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> [@pancakes3](#):
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> Las Vegas Whales

That’s actually really good! A very subtle gambling reference that also works without it being gambling-related.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634/62 "2014-08-30T17:35:31Z")

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Las Vegas Flops (they’ll be bad for awhile)  
Las Vegas Turns  
And of course, The Las Vegas Rivers

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634/63 "2014-08-30T17:45:30Z")

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Who can forget the great team [the Las Vegas Posse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Posse)?

Answer: everyone.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-las-vegas-football-team/696634/64 "2014-08-30T17:57:47Z")

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> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#):
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> Aces?

> [@Anamorphic](#):
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> The Las Vegas Fusion. (The Las Vegas Isotopes?)

Thesre are already non-LV AAA teams. And the Isotopes is a Simpsons reference so I can get behind that. I like a semi-self deprecating name, a la BASEketball. Or a New Vegas reference.

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