Las Vegas is viable

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  1. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
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    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You mean THE voice for the World Series of Poker? Wow.
     
  2. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Had soccer show on Fox Soccer Channel
     
  3. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Saw on MlS Matchday article "Building the Soccer Pyramid. Aspiring markets face a choice between" a link to remarks by the NASL commissioner. Said he talk to ownership groups in Vegas
     
  4. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Somebody is always in talks with Vegas ownership groups.

    Link? There's absolutely nothing mentioned in the article you named. The only linked articles are weeks old anyway.
     
  5. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In the fifth or sixth paragraph there is a highlighted sentence. It says " Peterson told reporters two weeks ago" click on that. It takes you to the article
     
  6. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    " We have evaluated ownerships groups in Las Vegas. We’re not currently speaking with anyone very seriously there."

    So a two week old article about how there's no real NASL push in Vegas? In a MLS forum?

    You should write for MLSsoccer.com. Though you should work on citing sources first.
     
  7. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I see you're unfamiliar with his work.

    Someone mentions Las Vegas = "Las Vegas is totally getting a team."
    No one mentions Las Vegas = "It's only a matter of time before someone mentions Las Vegas, and that means Las Vegas is totally getting a team."
    "We’re not currently speaking with anyone very seriously there." = "They did talk to somebody there, and that means Las Vegas is totally getting a team."

    Next month will be five years on this pipe dream of a thread ("DC and Columbus are about to lose their teams!"). Looking back at some of the original responses, it shows how little some people learn over time.
     
  8. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Vegas keeps getting mentioned. They never say yes we're coming in the early stages of negotiations ...... Trolls
     
  9. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The thread is called "Las Vegas is viable" not "Las Vegas is getting a one-sentence blurb every couple months that further indicates MLS in Vegas isn't happening."
     
  10. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nick Geber says Goldman wants a commitment from one of the lragurs
     
  11. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Can someone translate this into English please
     
  12. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Mayor Goldman of Las Vegas supports bring a soccer team to town. She is friends with the USL Pro people. So she would rather have them.
     
  13. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  15. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not a source, but good try.
     
  16. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Found this on Reddit.



    I doubt anything will come of this, but we'll see I guess.
     
  17. Battler

    Battler Member

    Aug 30, 2007
    I've been watching these as well. Looks like the current proposal is for the city to fund the stadium and for Findlay Sports and Entertainment and the Cordish Companies to run the team.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55176234/ns/local_news-las_vegas_nv/#.U3Pmw4FdWgY

    Findlay sports is owned by the same family who runs Findlay Toyota. The Cordish Companies is a large entertainment development and management company. I think getting the stadium on the taxpayer dime would be difficult. But this is Vegas, so who knows. This seems like the strongest group of potential Las Vegas investors we've seen yet.
     
  18. SoCalYid

    SoCalYid Member+

    Jun 11, 2011
    BigSoccer :)
    Club:
    --other--
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    United States
    Tough in the current climate but a project downtown might be a game changer because improvements to that area being planned by the city and private enterprise. It would be cool to see a strong local business not really that connected to the casinos leading the charge.

    I would love it if we could get a spot downtown, for me that would be ideal, better than on a college campus. With all the money that's going into the area, the demographics, logistics and Zappos investing in start ups it could be a really good move. A lot of Las Vegas citizens are moving more north anyways and it's less of a hassle driving there for a lot of people than to UNLV.
     
  19. SoCalYid

    SoCalYid Member+

    Jun 11, 2011
    BigSoccer :)
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  20. Germerica

    Germerica Member+

    May 2, 2012
    Club:
    Los Angeles
    “We recently met with Justin Findlay and Blake Cordish at the MLS League office in New York and were very impressed with their vision to pursue building a new soccer stadium and acquiring an MLS expansion club for Las Vegas,” MLS Deputy Commissioner and President Mark Abbott said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing discussions as they work to further develop their plans with Mayor Goodman and the City of Las Vegas.”

    [​IMG]

    http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/may/14/las-vegas-could-get-mls-team-soccer-specific-stadi/
     
  21. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thats a sweet looking design.
     
  22. EPJr

    EPJr Member+

    Los Angeles FC
    United States
    Mar 21, 2009
    Richmond VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. DANNO49

    DANNO49 Member

    Feb 6, 2001
    Hawthorne CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When I started this forum I knew it would happen. Lets keep our fingers crossed.
     
  24. matbluvenger

    matbluvenger Member+

    Reno 1868
    United States
    Aug 2, 2010
    Reno, NV
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well now that there's actual information to go on, yes I hope it happens.
     
  25. SoCalYid

    SoCalYid Member+

    Jun 11, 2011
    BigSoccer :)
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hopefully that's a super rough draft.
     
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