NHL settles on Las Vegas getting expansion team

[Shizzmoney]

And finally, a major league pro team lands in Vegas:

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Will be interesting on how they handle rules on betting on the team in the city. I can only imagine the "hangover" angle for betting on away teams in Vegas (including the fact that half of the arena will be fans from public teams like NYR, BOS, etc traveling there).

[Suicide King]

Hockey in hot places is just stupid to me.

[Sanlmar]

Hockey in hot places is just stupid to me.

Yeah, gonna fly 6 hours to Vegas and spend 4 hours watching an expansion team when I can see a live hockey game any day of the week.

Now if this was nude hockey we might have something.

Ferris wheels and Hail Marys

[Shizzmoney]

I didn't know they had to be kept in the loop:

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[jacosta24]

Negreanu was pushing hard for this, I think he's going to be part owner

[NaturalBornHustler]

This will be a complete disaster. So would the NFL if it moves there. I don't think an NFL team could survive, and they want to put a niche sport like hockey in? LMAO.

Negreanu thinks the entire population of Las Vegas is rich poker players from Canada who love hockey! Yeah watch when 5k people are showing up to a game, if that.

The reality is it is a tiny city population wise of about 600k with a "fanbase" that is starting from scratch. Where the fuck are these people coming from?

Never had a team, don't have a stable group of local fans to start from, it is building it from the ground up. Good fucking luck.

Complete failure will be coming soon to a strip near you.

[ToasterOven]

Hockey in hot places is just stupid to me.

Yeah, gonna fly 6 hours to Vegas and spend 4 hours watching an expansion team when I can see a live hockey game any day of the week.

Now if this was nude hockey we might have something.

Ferris wheels and Hail Marys

I'd plan a Vegas trip around a Wings game.

However, if you live in greater Toronto and good seats run 800 a piece, your random Canuck can fly to Vegas, get a hotel and tickets to the game for roughly 800 per.