Las Vegas is viable

LOL. When has it ever been 100 degrees and 100% humidity anywhere? You are the worst for simply making up crap.

When temps get up near 100, humidity is generally not very high. You can get humidity in the 80s and 90s, but almost never with high temps at the same time.

 

Surely Las Vegas Strippers FC ought to be given a chance to prove themselves as a possible expansion?

 

What's FC Tuscon?

Are the potential USLPro owners the same owners who own the new PDL team?

 

All I know is that I'm 100% behind a USL PRO team if there is one and 100% behind the Mobsters. Much easier to Support a LV team 2 hours away whereas RSL is 4 hours.

 

Say it with me now: This. Will. Never. Happen. This would be suicide for the league.
I guess if football became illegal or something and every NFL and NCAA team ceased to exist, then maybe the league would have a chance operating during the peak of football season. Of course then the second half would have to compete with the NCAA tournament, plus the strong parts of the NBA and NHL seasons and their respective playoffs. Not to mention the NCAA's second highest attended championship (lacrosse) would also be occurring during that time. Still, removing football from the equation may be enough to make it feasible, but I doubt it.
Let's not get started on the weather and the idea of a six-four week break...

 

Soccer is here to stay and so is MLS, it really does not matter when the matches are played. Fans will support their clubs.

 

I disagree, a large part of what makes growth possible is the lack of competition and climate. How would moving to a fall/spring schedule benefit Columbus, North East clubs or Canadian clubs in attracting fans? Competing directly with the biggest leagues in our country would be suicide when as it is we're lucky to get 100k watching matches.

 

BYU vs Utah in Salt Lake City this year and RSL sells out a match same day same time same town. MLS is here to stay.

 

That proves nothing but RSL have a good fan base. We aren't worried about them, we're worried about the ones who actually do have significant competition and who struggle to attract fans with good weather conditions, who in those winter months have very bad conditions. MLS fan bases whilst improving are still pretty casual in general, there are some hardcore fans that would brave those conditions but many wont. Also having a full stadium is nice but that's not how the league will grow. If the league is going to grow it would be via TV ratings which lead to more lucrative TV contracts, having start times competing with the most popular sports in the country is suicide. Nobody has been able to give me a solid case for why it's necessary to move to a fall-to-spring schedule.

 

Exactly.
I think it's fairly safe to assume that everybody here more or less feels that "soccer is here to stay." I know I'm not disagreeing with that point. I just do not see the logic in moving to a schedule that is less conducive to attracting fans due to increased competition from older, more established leagues and extremely bad weather.

 

Las Vegas growth timelapse

 

I want to see one for Chernobyl.

 

God that looks like bacteria growing doesn't it...

 

What happens in Vegas... ...Unless the topical is ineffective, I guess

 

I'll only support the stadium if professional soccer is one of the reasons it's being built. Otherwise, UNLV shouldn't be allowed to have nice things.