Hamilton makes plenty of sense, it’s a distinct city, it’s not just suburban Toronto.
It would be nice to bring the Montreal Maroons back to life, too.
In Chicago, the Cubs and the White Sox pretty much divide the city. It is true that the suburbs and surrounding areas pretty much belong to the Cubs.
Puckers
Las Vega (Lounge) Lizards
There was an article out there a year or two ago, specific I know, that stated that AEG probably would stand to lose financially if a sports tenant was found. Reserving forty plus nights a year would destroy the schedule flexibility that has turned it into a concert money machine. Go figure.
Although given a four team expansion and the current alignment of the NHL, a team in KC would be smarter than two in eastern Canada. East and West could be balanced after expansion in Vegas and Seattle.
Anyhoo, the report was that expansion to Vegas was a done deal except for ownership. Which seems a bit of an issue. Plus, I am skeptical that Maple Leafs are going to allow a second team in their backyard for any amount of money. Seattle has an almost deal to build an NBA arena, which is the wrong sport. And Quebec City is building an arena on the Field of Dreams basis, and an expansion or relocation is not completely implausible. So one out of a reported four expansion locations makes is a plausible idea at the moment. Things could change but I am skeptical.
Great idea, but the plural of ‘Elvis’ is ‘Elvi’.
I know you’re joking, but using retro-Latin, I think that would only be true if his name were spelled “Elvus”.
I just want to see the debate on whether the mascot will be hot, sexy, Ann-Margret-banging Elvis or fat sweaty jumpsuit Elvis.
Ok, how about the Las Vegas Impersonators? (applies to both Elvis- and Female-)
The VIPs
The House Flippers
The Xerophytes
Or if we do the “abstract name” thing:
The Luck
The DRY Heat
The Revue
The Fear and Loathing
The league is denying all of it, but it’s still interesting that Vegas and Quebec have new arenas already under construction.
I am under the impression that the Vegas arena (and aren’t there two of them being built?) is targeting an NBA team more than an NHL one.
NHL? No question: The Vegas Mob. “We put 'em on ice.”
Not according to this Mardi Gras Krewe, and this skydiving group.
The second team could play out of Air Canada Centre and it wouldn’t be a problem at all (although I think it would be better for the long run to find a different spot). Torontonians aren’t Leafs fans, they’re hockey fans, and the Leafs just happen to be the team that’s there. It’s really difficult to overestimate the appetite for hockey in Canada. Getting hung up about regions of the city is silliness.
Hopefully the Vegas basketball arena has enough room on the baseline.
Obviously a Las Vegas (Nevada) hockey team would have to be named for the most prominent quasi-geographical feature in the area: the Hoovers.
Las Vegas Whales
Even though the Las Vegas Market could easily hold a popular NFL franchise, the NFL would never put one there because they like to pretend people don’t bet on Football. Clearly the point spreads printed in every Newspaper and Sports web site are just a fun thought experiment.
49ers
Bears
Oriels
Senators
Dodgers
Heat
Oilers
Rockets
Sooners
Cowboys
Falcons
Gamblers
Pacers
Colts
Astros
Dolphins
Manchester United
Why not recycle? Who needs originality?
I highly, highly doubt they’d go with any name that was in the least bit gambling related. I’d maybe go with something that tipped a hat to the area’s history of nuclear bomb testing - which might seem something weird to celebrate, but it’s a part of the town’s history and seems fitting for a sports team name. The Las Vegas Atoms, or The Las Vegas Explosion. The Las Vegas Fusion. (The Las Vegas Isotopes?)
Barring that, something else about the town that isn’t gambling-related: The Las Vegas Neons. The Las Vegas Freemonts.